Caleb, Caris, & I were at Target shopping for a gift for a birthday party we were going to. We were in the “princess†section. Caleb starts to “Oo, oo†(in a very loud voice). What? Choo-choo. There are no choo-choo trains in the princess section, Caleb. “OO-OO†in an even louder voice. I look over and see a red train, completely out of place on the shelf. Caleb frantically keeps saying “oo-ooâ€â€¦ essentially communicating his desire to see the train. I hand it over to him to look at and tell him, “I’m just letting you hold and look at the train. When we leave, we’ll have to put it back.†I turn back to the princess shelf to look for our gift. I turn back to find that Caleb has completely ripped open the train package. Oh no! Can I nonchalantly leave a half-opened/ripped train package on the shelf? I don’t think so. OK, Caleb, you win. You get the train.
The funny thing is this train wasn’t working. It’s supposed to have a button that let lights and sounds go off. But, the button wasn’t working. So I returned the train the next day with its delapidated box. Haha. Good thing, Caleb hasn’t noticed its gone. Mommy wins!