Last night I had the boys in Walmart as we had to get a birthday gift for Alex's friend. After much hemming and hawing we selected a nice "fishing guy action figure" (I am NOT making that up). "Fully Articulated Figure" is printed right on the box and it comes with a boat, net, fishing pole and two large mouth fish. We all agreed it was pretty cool and much better than the Power Ranger Alex originally wanted to get for him. We also got the friend a set of "Crazy 8" cards as Alex is a true chard shark; I figure his friends should be prepared as he already wants to play for money.
This brings me to the focal point of this post: While walking by the DVD's Jack discovered that you can get the whole first season of the animated "Star Wars: The Clone Wars." He literally JUMPED for joy! I had to rain on his parade as it cost $35 and while I'm all for the impromptu baseball card or Hot Wheels car purchase, $35 is out of Mama's price range.
Jack took this well though and we agreed it was a good item for his birthday list, or something we as a family could save up for together (Jack clearly thinking I am as excited about this as he is - Joel might actually enjoy it, whereas I could never see it and live a totally fulfilled life).
"Alex" Jack said as we walked to the checkout area "would you give some of your money to get the movie?"
Alex shakes his head "no."
"But Alex" Jack implores "you love Star Wars like I do - you'll really like having all the episodes!"
"Jack" Alex says very seriously "you are forgetting that I am saving all my money so I can be rich."
"Oh right" Jack sighs "and then you'll use it to buy all the Star Wars Lego sets."
"RIGHT!" Alex shouts cheerfully.
Maybe Alex will be the one to keep me and Joel in the manner to which we'd like to become accustomed in our old age . . . assuming he'll spend his money on us.
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