I was able to visit Alabama during the month of November this year. I was there about 5 weeks total so it was a nice LONG visit. Even though I was there for so long, I didn't get to see as many people as I had hoped but I did have some good time with family. While I was home, I was able to go with my niece, Kaylee, on her first school field trip to Old Baker Farm, more on that later. Since I had spent some special time with Kaylee, I wanted to make sure not to leave Jay, my nephew, out so I had planned to take him to Toys R Us, just the two of us.
As the weeks went by, things kept coming up and my outing with Jay was pushed back until the very last few days. Since it was so late and Toys R Us is so far away, I was unable to keep my promise of a special trip to the toy store. Instead, Jay was such a trooper and understood. We decided to head to Walmart instead which ended up being PERECT.
Jay had saved up $6 from his allowance and birthday money. He is very logical & thought very hard about what he wanted to buy. We compared prices and looked at just about everything on every aisle of the toy section of the store. He weighed his options and did the math to make sure that he had enough to pay for his items with the tax. When he had finally chosen the perfect toys, we headed to pick up a few things for his mom's birthday. When all the shopping was finished we walked up to the front to pay for our selections. He made his purchase all by himself and pocketed his change, rejoicing in the fact that he still had money left over. As we were walking out we approached the Salvation Army Santa bucket & bell & Jay pulled out his change before we even got there! He put the remainder of his hard-earned/saved money in the bucket. I almost cried as I asked if he knew what they did with the money & he replied they help people! So sweet!!
We spent the car ride home talking about what all his money could possibly be used for and how there are families in the world that don't get Christmas presents and don't have special food to eat for the holidays. I was such a proud Aunt that day; he got it.
Jay had saved up $6 from his allowance and birthday money. He is very logical & thought very hard about what he wanted to buy. We compared prices and looked at just about everything on every aisle of the toy section of the store. He weighed his options and did the math to make sure that he had enough to pay for his items with the tax. When he had finally chosen the perfect toys, we headed to pick up a few things for his mom's birthday. When all the shopping was finished we walked up to the front to pay for our selections. He made his purchase all by himself and pocketed his change, rejoicing in the fact that he still had money left over. As we were walking out we approached the Salvation Army Santa bucket & bell & Jay pulled out his change before we even got there! He put the remainder of his hard-earned/saved money in the bucket. I almost cried as I asked if he knew what they did with the money & he replied they help people! So sweet!!
We spent the car ride home talking about what all his money could possibly be used for and how there are families in the world that don't get Christmas presents and don't have special food to eat for the holidays. I was such a proud Aunt that day; he got it.
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Just a few pics I took of the kids at their last soccer game. So glad that I was able to see them play.
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