Sunday, May 13, 2007

Nothing vs. Everything?

Jared's turning 3 in a week, and we went to the store to look for something he might like for his birthday, on top of the bike my parents want to give him.

Jared: vroom, vroom!! (pushing a big toy truck around the store with sound effects)

Mommy: Would you like to take the truck home and play with it?

Jared: Nope. Vroom, vroom!!

ok... 5 minutes later...

Jared's dancing to the music from a toy garbage truck (yes, it actually sings! Eek!)

Daddy: Would you like to play with this at home, Jared?

Jared: No, Daddy. (keeps on dancing and grinning)

This same conversation happened over the next 5 or 6 toys, and Mommy and Daddy gives up!

In the mean time...

Alex: Can I have this?

Mommy: What is it?

Alex: I don't know!

Mommy: Why do you want it, you don't even know what it is or what it does?

Alex: It's cool. Can I have it?

Mommy: No Alex.

Alex: How about this? Or this? Oh cool, a SpongeBob body pillow! Cool! Can I have that?

Mommy - BIG sigh.

Mommy, to Daddy: Maybe we don't want to encourage a change of Jared's behavior. :D

1 comment:

Liz said...

I want this, I want that...