Don't think about anything else

Micah's 5th birthday is on Monday, but I'm going to be in Maine on vacation... HOW DARE I DO THAT!! Anyway... he has been wanting to go to Toys R Us to spend his birthday money like it's burning a hole in his pockets. (a whopping $10 so far that doesn't get you much at Toys R Us, but he doesn't know this yet) Today I gathered up all 3 of our $5 eGift cards, courtesy of babies R us on Facebook simply for becoming a fan, and his $3 Birthday gift card from the toys r us birthday club and off we went now with a grand total of $28 in his hands (in my purse actually).

This boy likes to shop about as much as any man likes to meander through the hallways of the mall. Not at all. Not even at Toys R Us. We were ALL business. He wanted to blow his money and get outta there! LOL We walked in and he grabbed a jump rope, threw it in the cart, said "That's what I want, can we go now?". Like I was the one that begged for a week to be there. I said "But Micah, that only costs $2 and you have $26 left, do you want to save it?". "Ummmm, No, I'll find more stuff. I want a soccer ball"

We grab the soccer ball, and a football while we're at it. He throws in a water gun, then pulls it back out stating that "it's still too cold for playing with water right now". We go to the back of the store to the area that is considered hallowed ground by many male creatures... The video game section. This caught his attention, even at not-quite 5 yrs old. He picked Star Wars Lego Wii and threw it in the cart. Glanced over the numerous titles one more time then grabbed the front of the cart and began pulling it along as he walked away saying "Ok Mom, that's enough, it's time to go now", and I agreed.

We start walking through the store finding our way back to the registers to check out and the whole time Micah is firmly pulling the cart at a pretty decent pace saying (quite loudly) "Don't think about anything else, Mom. Don't think about anything else. We're all done now. Don't think about anything else" Is this a 5 yr old's attempt at hypnosis? Or repetitive chanting hoping he can be saved from endless hours shopping because he knows his mother well enough to know that it COULD go on for endless hours. Micah always cracks me up. :)

Lost in Translation??

So... I borrowed this book from my library and couldn't get past page 3 because it was not in the least bit interesting and nothing grabbed my attention. Then I decided to borrow the eMedia copy and download it to my iPod so I can listen to it and maybe it would be more interesting. I'm just on Chapter 2.... 46 minutes into the iPod recording! Ugh... I'm a fairly patient person and will give any book a chance, but this has got to be the most boring story I've ever attempted to go through. Knowing that I've JUST completed Chapter one and the audio book is 19 hrs long.... I am going to stop now before I lose days out of my life. Not sure what all of the hype is about this series, is it because the guy is no longer alive?