My mom called to tell us that maybe we could redeem the day by heading to Fred Meyer. They were having a great sale so we got Graesen a button up shirt to wear under a sweater for Christmas Eve and a super cute sweater vest. They also had a cupcake decorating station. You could buy 6 cupcakes and let your kid go to town decorating them. Graesen is a little young to figure out how to squeeze frosting onto the cupcakes, so Evan had to help him.
After that we let Graesen go in the play area for the first time. I had no idea this was free! I also thought Graesen would flip out. He didn't and had lots of fun! While he was in there we did a little Christmas shopping for him. The one present I think he will be super excited about is a balance bike. He still struggles to figure out the pedals on his tricycle, so I think he will be really excited to be able to ride a bike on his own.
While Graesen was in the play area he colored a picture for the coloring contest. We got Graesen out of there just in time to enter his drawing into the contest and to join the costume contest. They just folded up the pictures and drew one to find the winner. Guess who won? Yup, Graesen won a $20 gift card! We took him to the toy isle and told him to use his prize to buy a toy. This is not something we usually do. A couple of times when we have been shopping for a long time and Graesen was behaving, I have let him pick out a $1 matchbox car, so he was surprised to get more than that. The first thing he did was find the matchbox cars and try to buy all of them :) We directed him toward some more expensive toys. He ended up choosing a Thomas the Train that makes noise and moves, and 2 matchbox cars. He was so thrilled to pick out toys for himself. I had so much fun watching his excitement!
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