I took the girls with me to run errands Saturday morning while Adam did some freelance work at our local coffee shop. It was frigid, and windy, and there was no way we were going to be able to take a walk or do anything outside to burn up all of that almost-five-year-old energy. So, we went to the feed store, the farmer's market, a craft fair, the bookstore, and — the carrot dangled in front of Grace all morning — the toy store. She had $1.28 burning a hole in her pocket, and I told her that if she behaved during all of our other errands, she could pick anything she wanted at the toy store, as long as she could buy it with her own money. She picked a wooden snake, whom she named "Rattley" (it cost slightly more than $1.28, but I figured a snake was preferable to a noisy, plastic, wind-up hula dancer).
Tess had picked out a new hat at the craft fair, so she was okay with not getting anything at the toy store. Boy, is she easygoing. And cute.
Travelingjenny 
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