Compromise of Siblings

 Hayes & Kamri have been butting heads lately when they play or choose a movie. They have different interests which is understandable considering Hayes is a boy & Kamri is a girl, plus the 21-month age difference.  Today as I was getting ready for Lyla's birthday party I was happy to see them compromise and play well with each other.  They were building Star Wars escape pods out of pillows and a random assortment of toys all while singing the "Once Upon a Dream" Sleeping Beauty song.  I'm just taking a small leap out there and guessing if they were the same gender one component of that imaginary play would be missing! I'm grateful they figured out how to compromise and play together.

We had a moment this morning like Elder Monson's talk from the October General Conference.  Yesterday Hayes had put his $5 into his pocket because we were going to go to the store. He has been planning on buying a toy for a few months but always forgets to bring his money.  We ended up not going. Today when I told him we were headed to the store he went to grab his money out of his pocket and realized they were in the pants he wore yesterday. Which I realized I had just stuck in the wash!  When I told him he was trying really hard to hold back the tears. The cycle had just finished so we checked his pockets and they weren't there. Luckily it was at the bottom of the washer, still intact.

We went to target and he found the little $5 Lego set they have hanging up by the candy bars at checkout. He ran to find it as soon as we walked in and then came back to me telling me it was on register #13. "It is four-two-nine ($4.29) and that is less than five so I can buy it!!!" Fists raised in the air, jumping up and down, this was a great day for Hayes. We did our shopping and when we went to checkout he was stricken when he realized #13 was closed. I had to reassure him that he could just go grab it and we could go to another cashier. We didn't have to go through #13 to buy it.  The cashier was great and gave him his receipt and his change very dramatically. He saw that one of his coins was a quarter so he could get bubble gum out of the machines, it was Christmas all over again!  Who knew having to pay for your own toy could be such an amazing experience.  He was careful getting into the car not to lose his receipt. Hayes & Kamri discussed on the way home how many receipts they had received in their lifetime.

We had Lyla's birthday party a day early. Crazy that my baby is ONE tomorrow!!  I'll post pictures all about it tomorrow but here is a sneak peak.