More Target Memories

Shane and I went to Target after church on Sunday. He likes to play with all the toys there, and I have my own fond memories of the place.

This time around, Shane shoved a wooden toy ambulance and turned it sideways. The blasted thing was stuck!

At first, I wasn't worried. Neither the ambulance or the garbage truck was very elastic. I figured that it would be geometrically impossible for Shane to stick something in the truck that could not also come out of the truck. I just had to figure out how it got in there in the first place!

It was really stuck.

I started to doubt myself and wonder how the cashier would ring up a toy within in a toy. Unlike the picture, the ambulance was wedged deep down and out of sight. Would they think I was trying to steal the cheap $3 car? Was I going to have to buy a $30 garbage truck I didn't want to?

Shane got bored of watching me jimmy with it and started messing with the toy trains. Target will be a great playground until Shane realizes he can beg me to buy stuff....I did not want the overpriced garbage truck to be my next purchase, though!

The ambulance came out. Hallelujah!

Shane and I spent an hour running amongst the aisles. I did let him pick out a $2 bath toy. I figured it was a cheap way to say "Thank You" to the store for letting us meander around for so long.

Shane picked out a yellow plane identical to the blue one he already has. I tried to show him dump trucks, boats, and front end loaders, but Shane would NOT be dissuaded. I thought about pulling the "Daddy knows what really want and it's not that one" card. However, Shane pulled out a blue plane (like the one at home) and started to pretend the planes were talking to each other! It was some cute imaginative play!

I promptly decided I didn't want to be the kind of parent who picks everything for my son and let Shane pick the toy he really wanted. I held up four toys, said "You get ONE," and the yellow plane leaped out of the line-up. You can see from the picture how happy Shane was!