Today we took the kids to the store to spend their Christmas money. Each of them wandered around the toy aisles in search of the perfect thing that was within their budget. I followed Finley as he checked out monster trucks, pushed buttons on fire engines, and investigated the cars. The older three grabbed our attention for a few minutes and as we were deciding what they should get I looked up to see Finley walk out from four aisles over awkwardly carrying a box half his size with a smile from ear to ear. "I'm getting a tractor," he said decidedly. I couldn't help but smile at how darn cute the whole thing was. We all followed him to the shelf where he got it from to double check the price and when it was officially okayed he heaved the heavy box up and over the edge of the cart. He hung onto the cart and patiently waited for the rest of the kids to pick their toys and beamed as we went through the checkout. His tractor was a prized toy all afternoon and he never let it out of his sight. It was parked right under his chair at dinner time, just to be on the safe side. I love seeing his sweet personality showing more and more each day!
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