Presents

I took the girls to Fred Meyer this week to get birthday presents for some upcoming parties, and bought Eva a new 24-piece Diego puzzle while we were there.  I gave it to her as soon as we got home, thinking it would keep her busy for at least ½ an hour.  Wrong!  5 minutes later she came out of the playroom, asking for another “puh-yulz”.   She had finished already, all by herself!  I told her we didn’t have any more, so she ran into the bedroom where the other presents were sitting on my bed, begging to play with them.  When I told her that they weren’t for her, she started crying, of course.  I sat her down and explained that we were going to a birthday party, and she could give the toys to the birthday boy or girl.  “Ice cream?” she asked.  “Yes,” I said.  “Balloons?”  “Yes.”  “OK,” and she ran off, completely appeased by the idea of going to a party.  I hope she’s as fine about it when it actually comes time to give those toys away!