Remember when Nolan wanted me to throw away his toys? Those toys have been sitting in a bag in my room since that incident. He never asked for any of them, never seemed to miss them, until this week.
This week I pulled them out to sort for the Little Lambs Sale. A few things I discretely put back into the toy bin because they were parts of sets, but the rest were sorted for Goodwill and the toy sale. It was a pain full experience. I tried to sort the toys while he was playing outside, but he came in. With every toy the question came, "Are you going to sell that?"
Every yes answer brought a pout and a few tears. Then he saw the toy he calls Good Tow. The yes answer brought flowing tears and sobs. Apparently Good Tow was his favorite toy. Never mind that he hadn't mentioned it in over two months. I reminded him why Good Tow was in that bag, and that he needed to take care of his things if he wanted to keep them.
Everyday Nolan would ask me about Good Tow, sometimes with tears. Everyday I would remind him again about how Good Tow ended up in the sell pile. I was glad when it was time to take the toys to the sale.
Today I promised I would take the kids to the sale if they got their work done. They all had some money in their piggy banks. Nolan quickly came up with the idea that he could buy Good Tow back. I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to handle that one. We got our work done and headed to the sale.
Good Tow was nowhere to be seen. He must have already been purchased. Not that Nolan would have cared anyway. He was enthralled by the mass of toys at the sale. As he was playing with his new toy cordless drill he did mention that he didn't see Good Tow, and I haven't heard anything about him since.
I'm Married to Hitler...I just happen to be Stalin.
ReplyDeleteLOL to tim's comment. I have a post half written about a similar experience over the last couple weeks. UGH! I really dislike toys! I'm glad it all worked out and you stuck to your guns!
ReplyDeleteoh boy! We have done that many of times. although I probably would have kept good tow and allowed him to buy it back from me, or buy something at the sale. Oh, well. He'll find a new favorite toy, right?
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ReplyDeleteHe didn't have the idea to buy him until Good Tow was already at the sale. I probably would have let him buy Good Tow, but he seemed perfectly content with the new drill.
Everybody Mom was being noninformal so I am going to give you the inside scoop on me and lydias my toys mine was better
ReplyDeleteHey, Steph - thanks for stopping by my bloggy home. Your comments are very encouraging to me since you are a h-school veteran! LOL I haven't been around much since I've been feeling kinda swamped by the day-to-day stuff but appreciate you making the time to let me know you peeked in on me and the Vikings.
ReplyDeleteTIM! What a comment!
ReplyDeleteOkay...well, I guess life goes on even if you're a kid. Good Tow is probably happy where he is now, LOL!
Thanks for visiting my blog. Trust me, we were eating that chocolate rabbit for a long time after Easter...and that's with 4 kids in the house!
Wow, Steph . . . that had to be really hard. I probably would've crumbled at the first tear.
ReplyDeleteembarrassed to admit that its me who finds it hard to let go of the kids toys- I would hoard them all so well done
ReplyDeleteWow! You are one strong woman. I would cave in every single time.
ReplyDeleteWell done for sticking to your guns... I remember reading the post about what happened. Like one of your readers commented, I find it harder to give up Sean's toys than he does!! You, and your son will reap the benefits in due time.
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