Mom sent over a fabulous gift yesterday: two Spiderman carry-on cases for the boys.
They were elated.
They immediately zipped and unzipped and zipped them up again.
Mom had written a letter to them which I read out loud. Which they didn't listen to, because they were too busy zipping and unzipping and zipping up again.
There was $5 in each of the boys' bags. Xander's eyes got wide: "Now I have $26, Mom!!! I can buy the Nerf gun for $25!! Let's go TOMORROW to get it!"
Ari was bitterly disappointed. "This NOT good, Xander!" he exclaimed as he crumpled the $5 bill in his hand. Jonathan realized why first - it's not a currency he understands. So I grabbed 20 quarters (we always have a roll on hand, because we give X his allowance in quarters so he can easily split it up between his money jars) - and spread them all out, putting them in 5 piles of 4. THEN Ari was impressed - Bubby gave him 20 quarters!! That meant ever so much more than a flimsy piece of green paper.
When they had finished zipping/unzipping to their heart's content, had ooh'd and aah'd at the Spiderman logo, and were calming down, I re-read them the letter.
Then we "practiced" being at the airport going to Florida, and they excitedly walked all over the house dragging their cases behind them as I said things like "We need to get to Gate 14, to the left!"
A whirlwind for sure.
Bubby knows better than anyone else in the world how to give the perfect gift to anyone for any occasion.
ReplyDeleteYou ht the nail on head again this time, Janet.
Thanks, Mom. Their moving away is very personal for me. It's far and I miss them already. I wanted to be a part of their move and to help make it as easy as possible for theboys. Travelling as superheroes will hopefully do that. And I wrote the note in the same style that you used to write to Michal....every word a different color. But you used to do it by hand. I at least used the computer, not needing 20 different colored pens at my fingertips.
DeleteThere's a question tugging at my heart....$25 dollars for a...... gun???
ReplyDeleteCapitalism at its best, Savta! He's been asking for it since his birthday in October, and hasn't changed his mind. He wants a Nerf gun that shoots suction cups on the windows like his best friend has. We finally told him he could have it but had to save for it... and he has.
DeleteDearheart, it wasn't the money, the $25.....
DeleteShakespeare: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Gertrude Stein: A rose is a rose is a rose.
Paraphrased: A Nerf gun is a gun is a gun -- it shoots.......
Gives me the willies.....