I was just setting myself up when I had the bright idea to take the kids shopping again today in the midst of all the chaos of the holiday season. My sister gave them each a Target gift card for Christmas so they were both eager to go pick out something. Kristine wanted more clothes and Olegs wanted a truck of some kind. I am not the most patient person in the world and navigating through a gazillion people who are wandering around aimlessly with their shopping carts just drives me bananas. Is it me, or does it seem like there’s always someone standing right where you’re trying to go no matter what direction you’re trying to move???!!!
We went round and round in the girls’ clothing section and Kristine just couldn’t find anything. Then the one or two things she did like weren’t in her size. We temporarily gave up on her finding anything and switched to Olegs. Of course, what he found first was way more than his gift card amount so he had to keep looking. He’s learning that we have spending limits and can’t just buy anything we see. He is much more understanding of this than Kristine. Olegs kept looking and finally found a cool gun toy that shoots darts with suction cups. He was happy so we turned our attention back to finding something for Kristine. She kept eyeing the most expensive things so after about an hour of this, we finally had to just say we’ll come back another day. A pouting session resulted right on cue.
This afternoon we went to our neighbor’s daughter’s birthday party at Chuck E’ Cheese. The kids had never been to a place like that and they had a blast. Robert and I tagged along so we could spend some fun time with the kids. Poor Olegs was the only boy at this party so it was good that he and Robert got to have some guy time playing games together. I love watching them together. I think their favorite was the race car game where they could sit and race each other. Before they began playing, Olegs insisted that he and Robert switch seats on that game and Robert quickly realized once Olegs was beating him so badly why he wanted to switch. Olegs had gotten Robert to switch so he could stick him with the machine that didn’t work right. That little stinker! LOL!
The smiles on the kids’ faces are just priceless. Kristine finally got over her disappointing shopping experience and began having fun with everyone else. When the show started and the Chuck E’ Cheese character came out for a dance, we jokingly tried to get the kids to dance with him. I can’t imagine why but for some reason they just weren’t into going up to a person in a mouse costume and dancing around with little kids who were barely out of diapers. LOL! Olegs quickly said, “Chuck E’ Cheese phooey” and we had a good laugh. When we got home, we took them to ride bikes again. As I’m sitting here writing this, Robert and Olegs are playing the Tiger Woods golf game on Playstation while Kristine is sleeping nearby. This time we’re spending as a family is so precious. I don’t even want to think about the day we have to say goodbye again. It’s not gonna be easy.
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