So a couple of years ago I started a tradition of taking my grandchildren Christmas shopping for their families. It has been so much fun and I get some one on one time with each of them. This last Sunday I took Cambria, Gunner and Braxton shopping.
I took Gunner first because it was his first year to get to go shopping. He was quite excited but he's 3 and he doesn't really get the 'giving' part of the season. Leslie had given me list to help me help him choose gifts for everyone.
So we started off with getting his mom's present. She wanted new drinking glasses for her new house. So I asked Gunner if he wanted to get his mom glasses, and he of course said yes. We go over to the housewares aisle and I find the glasses that Leslie had told me that she liked. I picked up the box and showed them to Gunner. This is our conversation:
ME-Do you want to get these glasses for your mom?
GUN-No those aren't glasses!
ME-yes they are
GUN-no they're not
ME- Yes they are (and I pulled one out of the box to show him)
GUN-those aren't glasses those are CUPS!
Now I am getting the problem we are having, he is thinking glasses, as in what you wear.
ME-so do you want to get these CUPS for your mom?
GUN-No I want to get her glasses!
Oh My!
When we had picked out a present for everyone I told Gunner we were all finished and now we could pay for them and go home and wrap them. He gave me the saddest face and said "We didn't det(he says d for g) my plesent!". Oh dear.....So I remind him that he is getting presents for his family and that they will get HIM presents when they go shopping. That didn't help. So I asked him if he wanted a treat. That made him smile, little did I know that it would take us almost a half an hour for him to pick out what candy he wanted! Talk about pushing my patience to it's limit......
When we got back to my house Cambria was waiting in the kitchen for us and Gunner went right up to her and said "Tambia, I dot you a shirt!" I told Gunner that it was suppose to be a surprise. He just proceeded to tell everyone else what he got them. He told Leslie that he got her some glasses and that she could drink out of them and then wear them.......we are going to have to work on that :)
I left Gunner with Leslie, so she could help him wrap his gifts and I took Cambria next. She and Braxton had been fighting and she was mad at him. I told her he was just being a normal little brother. Her reply; "if my mom has another boy, I'm running away from home!" First just so you know Leslie is not having another one right now. I asked her where she would go. She told me probably my house and then she said that Gunner feels the same way. Poor Braxton.....nobody appreciates him.
When we got back home Cambria was showing her mom what she got Gunner and Braxton and Gunner walked into the kitchen and saw his gift. He was so excited and told Cambria that he wanted to help wrap it. She is such a good big sister that she took it in stride and let him help her.
Then all that was left was to take Braxton. So Braxton and I were talking about the new house that they are building. His and Cambria's bedrooms are going to be downstairs and Braxton is a scaredy cat and Leslie doesn't think he is going to sleep in his own room. So I asked him if he was going to sleep in his own room. He told me yes because he was going to have DISH TV! He really is asking for DISH TV for Christmas. I asked him why and he said because if he had DISH he could change the channels instead of watching movies. I'm not sure why that is better, but of course I don't think like a 7 year old.
I asked him what he wanted to get his mom and he said that he wanted to get her a new frying pan. I suggested that we look around a little bit. We were walking down the gadget aisle in housewares and he picked up a whisk. He held it up and looked at it and said "my mom needs a new one of these" and just threw it in the cart. I put it back and told him we needed to keep looking. He kept picking up the oddest gadgets and I kept telling him to put them back so we could keep looking. He did end up getting her a frying pan....
While we were shopping for Gunner's present, Braxton would say Gunner would really like this. Then he'd look at me and ask me if I would PLEASE just buy one for him too. When we finished his shopping we stopped at Subway for some dinner for everyone. I was ordering the sandwiches and turned to ask Braxton...
ME-Braxton what do you want on your sandwich?
BRAXTON-turkey and crumbly (shredded) cheese
ME-okay, what vegetables do you want on your sandwich?
BRAXTON-pepperoni..
ME-that's not a vegetable (pointing at the vegetables) which one of THESE do you want on your sandwich?
BRAXTON-I just want mayonnaise.....
Braxton and Cambria wrapped their presents by themselves this year. Braxton did have to come out and ask me to help him wrap his moms. Frying pans can be tricky to wrap......
Gunner wanted to open his presents right now and we had to keep telling him he had to wait for Christmas. Leslie left all the presents at my house. She didn't want to worry about them if their house sells and they have to move out before Christmas.
Monday I got a call from Leslie. She told me about the conversation she had with Gunner that morning.
GUN-is dramma at wort?
LES-yes
GUN-can we go to her house and det my plesents?
LES-no, not till Christmas
GUN-if dramma is at wort then I can get my plesents.
LES-no Gunner not until Christmas
Somehow he is thinking that it is my fault that he couldn't open his presents the other day so if I wasn't there he could get them and no one would stop him. Don't you just love the mind of a 3 year old?!
I'll be taking Jax and Trevon this Saturday....stay tuned for more shopping adventures!
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