CJ and I are sitting at a local coffee shop watching the passersby and munching on tasty pastries when he reminds me (gently) that I forgot to buy him anything to drink.
Bad mommy!
I pull out my wallet and hand him a $20. “Take it up to the lady at the counter,” I tell him, “and tell her you want a chocolate milk.”
While carefully keeping my head turned slightly away, I surreptitiously watch the transaction. The woman behind the counter with the streak of bright pink in her hair is kind and helpful as my little son, with chest puffed up, makes his order.
He’s growing up so fast!
I turn back to my newspaper, so he won’t notice me watching him as he reaches for his chocolate milk. A moment later he’s at my side.
Excitedly, he thrusts some bills and change into my hand.
“MOMMY!” he exclaims, “Mommy! I got money back!”
“Well yes you did,” I say, stuffing the money back into my wallet.
“Mommy!” CJ tugs at my arm. “Now daddy doesn’t have to go to work any more!”
If only it were so simple.
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September 11, 2008 at 10:03 am
That is an absolutely cute story. Love it.
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September 11, 2008 at 11:29 am
If only, indeed – your stories really do make me smile, sort of ;o)
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September 11, 2008 at 11:39 am
What a sweet story. Doesn’t children’s sense of the way the universe work just make you smile?
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September 11, 2008 at 11:41 am
Awwww…I love it.
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September 11, 2008 at 11:56 am
Don’t you just love their reactions that first time you let them buy something? It makes them feel so grown up.
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September 11, 2008 at 2:36 pm
It won’t be long before he keeps the change. “Change? What change?-teenage chant.
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September 11, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Too funny!
I remember telling my mom to “just write one of those papers (checks)” when she told me she didn’t have any money. :)
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September 11, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Oh…would that it worked like that!
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September 11, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I wish! How cute is he!
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September 11, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Ok, that is perhaps the sweetest thing EVER! Oh and thank you for your input on my blog :)
September 11, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Awww… that is so sweet.
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September 12, 2008 at 8:00 am
the tooth fairy brought my son a dollar recently and he told me that now that he had money he could buy his own lunch and we wouldn’t have to worry about it . . . I think he might be a little disappointed to see just how much food that precious $1 would buy. :)
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September 12, 2008 at 8:41 am
That made me cry.
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September 12, 2008 at 12:36 pm
hahah. if only, eh? :)
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September 12, 2008 at 1:13 pm
That is funny.
Lately my little boy will walk out of a room and while closing the door he will say: “Bye mommy! I’m going to work.” Then a little bit later her will come back in with his arms full of imaginary money and then he says “Here Mom. I brought you some money from my office.”
Isn’t he a good boy?
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September 12, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I LOVE this story.
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September 12, 2008 at 6:01 pm
oh my, that is so sweet! What a darling boy!
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September 12, 2008 at 10:00 pm
That’s funny!
My daughter does that at the post office stamp machine.
She thinks when you need more money, you just go ask the machine.
September 13, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Going back to school was hard for me. Letting my kids go. My 4 year old is in pre-school and my 6 year old in 1st Grade,and my 11 year old is in 6th grade. I worry everyday about them.
Are they ok?
Are they doing the things I’ve thought them?
Are they eating there lunch so there not hungry?
I worry to much I’ll try better not too. Thanks Kim
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September 14, 2008 at 1:43 am
I love this post…
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September 14, 2008 at 6:02 am
Awww!! That’s so SWEET!! *sigh*
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September 14, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Oh, I love that!
Like most kids, I also loved the ATM. It seems like my mum would get endless amount of money but putting a plastic card in it. How great, I thought… :lol:
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January 17, 2009 at 2:15 pm
A perfect illustration of the innocence through which children see the world. Very sweet!
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