Jackpot!

Oh, man... Did I hit the jackpot today!

While we were at Katherine's gymnastics class this morning, the calls started flooding in. Literally, I probably got 7 or 8 calls. All of the Christmas or special edition toys still left at Target were on sale -- 75% off! It was a shopping bonanza! I just went nuts. I had two carts LITERALLY overflowing with great toys. It was insane!! The best part was that I only spent $77.00 What a deal! Now don't panic -- most of the toys are not for Katherine and Caleb. A good chunk of the toys are for birthday parties that Katherine will be invited to this year. She's at that age where every kid in her preschool has a big party, so today I stocked up. They're getting good gifts and a GREAT price.

I was thinking of getting Caleb a tool bench for Christmas, but decided that Santa had brought enough and that I'd save that gift for his birthday. Well... I found it today on sale for $24. This is it. Originally $100!! I was just giddy! How nice is it that I already have one MAJOR thing for his birthday and it's 9 months away!

Michelle (Ben and Tessa's mom) was one of the people who called me, and she still happened to be there when we arrived. We decided to take the kids to the mall for lunch and then hit the play area before naps.

OH -- Today Momma bear came out in the play area. It was horrible, and I was more than slightly annoyed. Caleb was running around, playing, and minding his own business when this little boy, who was about Katherine's size, came up and pushed him down. I didn't say anything, I wanted to see how he'd handle it. Like a pro, he got up, brushed himself off, and kept on playing. A few minutes later, Caleb was walking over to me, and this kid came up and tackled him again. I know some moms say this, but believe me, it was totally unprovoked. Caleb wasn't even playing. This kid just came up and tackled him. I instantly got up and scolded him and told him that he needed to leave Caleb alone. In less than 5 minutes, this kid was all over Caleb again. He grabbed him by the shoulders and pushed him to the ground, and then tried to push his face into the carpet. Again, I go over there, comfort Caleb, and tell this kid to leave him alone. WHERE ON EARTH IS HIS MOM? UUUUUGH! Anyway, I go over to Michelle and tell her how mean this kid is, and make some comment wondering why is mother doesn't step in and discipline him... Little did I know that his mom was right there and watching the whole thing.... Fun times. Thankfully, she was cool about it and put him in time-out for pushing yet another kid, but HEEELLLLLOOO.... Why take your child to the play area if you're not going to watch them???? I just don't get it!

I had planned on blogging yesterday -- I felt like I had so much to say, but then by the end of the day I was exhausted and just went to bed. For some reason, I was awake most of the night unable to sleep, and then during nap time I watched Andrea's youngest son. He loved Caleb's train table, so that kept us occupied for a while. Then he took off running and I soon found out that the poor kid had a bad case of diarrhea. About 15 minutes later, he threw up all over my hard wood floors. All I can say is thank goodness it wasn't on the carpet. It was horrible. Cleaning up your own kid's puke is bad enough, but another kid's??? YUCK!

One funny from yesterday... Caleb is in Kindermusic every Wednesday morning, and it runs in a semester format. So they have the same set of music all semester. Anyway, one of the faves this semester is the "Wishy Washy" song. The kids love the hand movements, instruments and music for this song. Anyway, Mrs. C (their teacher) started playing a 15 second soundbite of water filling up the tub. She asked the kids what sound they heard. Caleb instantly blurted out, "Dat potty. Dat potty!!" I was red faced and everyone was laughing. Mrs. C then said, no, it wasn't potty, it was the sound of something being filled up (the answer was the bathtub) and then she asked what was being filled up. Caleb started jumping and yelling, "Dat potty chair. Da potty chair is filled up!!" Oh, my goodness. It was so funny! Then, Mrs. C told Caleb, that no it was much too long to be potty, it had to be something else. Caleb started laughing really loudly and said, "Nope, dat how my daddy does it!" LOL!! I had tears rolling down my face!