Our neighbor, Kerri, decided to sell her Webkinz collection. Because we have a couple birthdays coming up, I purchased the Li'l Bassett Hound from her. BIG MISTAKE!!! All four of my kids fell in love with it and begged me to let them keep it! Soon they were counting their money and scheming how they could each get a new Webkinz. (Turns out this is why Clayton wanted the tooth fairy money so badly.)
Finally it was settled:
Madison promised to do extra jobs to earn one more dollar so she could afford the gorilla.
Once the tooth fairy visited, Clayton would relinquish whatever he got from her the next morning so he could get the tree frog.
Morgan, having never lost teeth to get dollars and Mom not willing to pull any, would receive a generous donation from the parent fund for the unicorn.
Mackenzie already had all her money, so she got first choice and wanted to keep the Li'l Bassett Hound.
We gathered the kids' money (mostly coins) and made the call, only to get the answering machine. For the next hour and a half I had four kids constantly asking, "Has she called yet? Can we try her again?"
Finally the awaited call came and the precious pets were transferred across the back fence.
Finally it was settled:
Madison promised to do extra jobs to earn one more dollar so she could afford the gorilla.
Once the tooth fairy visited, Clayton would relinquish whatever he got from her the next morning so he could get the tree frog.
Morgan, having never lost teeth to get dollars and Mom not willing to pull any, would receive a generous donation from the parent fund for the unicorn.
Mackenzie already had all her money, so she got first choice and wanted to keep the Li'l Bassett Hound.
We gathered the kids' money (mostly coins) and made the call, only to get the answering machine. For the next hour and a half I had four kids constantly asking, "Has she called yet? Can we try her again?"
Finally the awaited call came and the precious pets were transferred across the back fence.
The next morning Morgan was designated "official babysitter" while the others attended school. Talk about three-year-old heaven! Thanks Kerri!
4 comments:
I've never heard of Webkinz - wow, I must really be out of it!
wow that is a lot of webkinz,I counted fourteen of them on the lovesack. morgen must love being the babysiter of them all. her job is over now that school is over. Now i now that your family is really wacky fpr webkinz.
mum what would the girls be willing to do for $10 each?
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