On Monday I took my very big girl to Toys R Us to pick out a present with all her birthday money. We were having a much needed Mama & Eden day. With school, work and studying I feel like she's slipping away and growing up before I have a chance to soak it in. So off to the toy store we went! We wondered the halls, changing our present at every isle. As we were making our way to the registers, something caught Eden's eye and she bee-lined it before I could catch her. Here is where she ended up...
"This my birfday present, Mama!" She was NOT getting off that 4-wheeler until I told her yes. She wove her way down the isle trying each one on for size but ultimately she came back to this one. I told her it was too expensive (try explaining that to a 2 year old!) I told her that maybe HoHoHo (a.k.a. Santa) and the grandma's could work out a deal for Christmas, but not today. Her reply was this... "I NOT get it for HoHoHo...it's my BIRFDAY present!" So what did I do? I dragged her kicking and screaming towards the door, some special day this was turning out to be.
Luckily, there was a middle isle display of Toy Story 3 and it was on sale (SCORE!). I showed her Jessie and Woody and asked her if she wanted this for her present. She gave me an adamant "uh HUH!" Then she proceeded to open it right in the store. I gave the nice check out lady my half opened DVD and as I was trying to pay for it Eden ran off again. I hurried and pay and went to track her down. This time I found her here...
Since It was our special day, I decided to let her ride a couple times, which lead to a couple more times
Which lead to riding every ride inside the store... fortunately, there was only 2 and she had a blast.
She went SUPER FAST on Dumbo...aerodynamic even
I had to remind her about the park in order to get her off the rides. One mention of a slide and POP! off she went running to the car.
We headed to the park and I was happy to see that there were some friends for her to play with, but I forgot that my child is an only child and she isn't so outgoing and wanted mama to play with her. So I took off my shoes, rolled up my pants and we explored the playground...
We've got the playground down. Crawl, climb, get to high for mom to safely spot (giving me a slight heart attach) and then DOWN the slide with a squeal and "AGAIN!"
The park has taken the place of her beloved Gymboree Play & Learn. She's set as long as the park has a tunnel....check.
After our Toy Store adventure and park playing we headed home for lunch and a nap. I had to go to work so Eden and Daddy got to hang out a bit, doing who knows what. I'm sure they had lots of fun because when I got home my house a DISASTER but my Eden looked like she'd had a blast...
I asked my husband what in the world happened to my house and he replied "We played a little dress up and beauty salon all while watching Toy Story 3." A.k.a Eden's Heaven.
That night after I peeled off the princess costume, wiped off the inch of capstick on her cheeks and tucked her into bed I promised myself we are going to have more of these Eden & Mama days cuz if nothing else, my little girl will know I love her to pieces...cuz I do. Oh.so.much!
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