Well, That Was Easy

We stopped in CVS for a few things. They were all ready for Halloween. Since Dan had told me that Alex had been scared by the tall skeleton in CVS (and having nightmares ever since), I decided to let him test his fears out in the Halloween aisle. I selected dishwashing liquid and trash bags and then looked for Alex.

Alex had started his selection of the Halloween costumes they had. Unfortunately (for me), they had an Optimus Prime costume. He had been looking at a size too big for him. I pulled out one that was his size.

"Thank you!" he said elatedly, and ran off towards the cash register with it. Soooo, I guess I was getting it.

But we'd already selected a Jango Fett costume from Chasing Fireflies. What about that one, I asked Alex. "Nah. I want to be Optimus Prime".

On the walk home I verified this switch. The Optimus Prime costume isn't as good a quality as the Jango Fett one. I finally told him that we would probably order the Jango Fett costume anyway.

He hugged my arm at that point. "You're the best Mommy ever!" he told me. I asked him why he said that. He said "Because you get me things that I like."

Oh. OK so that's all it takes?

Monday, September 19