{"id":242,"date":"2008-07-27T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2008-07-27T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=242"},"modified":"2008-07-27T04:00:23","modified_gmt":"2008-07-27T10:00:23","slug":"jackpot-toddler-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Jackpot, toddler style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Wednesday I went to Smithfield Implement to pick up a Camp Chef for my dad – they were having a sale.<\/p>\n

The store opened at 9:00 a.m. Not knowing how many they would still have available, and recognizing that I had other commitments that would tie me up most of the rest of the day, I decided to get there right when they opened.<\/p>\n

Bridget and I pulled into the parking lot at 2 minutes to 9:00. The doors were just being unlocked as we approached them.<\/p>\n

An elderly man, presumably the store manager, greeted us. As Bridget took the first steps into the store that morning he announced, “You’re the first customer – that means you get a prize.”<\/em><\/p>\n

She just grinned. I didn’t think much more of it, and we went about our shopping.<\/p>\n

On the way out of the store the same elderly man approached us. The conversation went something like this:<\/p>\n

Man: Did you get your prize?
\nBridget: No, I didn’t.
\nTina: Seriously? I didn’t know you did that.
\nMan: We don’t. But today we do.
\nTina: (polite smile)
\nMan: Do you think she’d want a bag?
\nTina: A bag?
\nMan: Like this one. (holding up a canvas polka dotted bag)
\nTina: Maybe, she loves purses.
\nMan: Or would she rather just have some gum.
\nTina: You’d have to ask her.
\nMan: (to Bridget) Would like this bag?
\nBridget: Yes, I would.
\nTina: What do you say to the man?
\nBridget: Thank you very much.
\nMan: You’re sure welcome.<\/p>\n

As Bridget stood admiring her new “purse” in the checkout line the man returned and dropped a package of gum into the bag.<\/p>\n

Man: You’ll need something to carry in that purse.
\nBridget: That man gave me gum.
\nTina: Say thank you.
\nBridget: Thanks! (waving)<\/p>\n

She spent the next 5 minutes in line asking me over and over if she could have some of her gum. Once we got in the car I helped her open the package and she and I shared a piece. She held onto the package all the way home. In the car we had the following conversation.<\/p>\n

Bridget: That was so nice. That man gave me gum.
\nTina: Yes, that was nice.
\nBridget: I’m going to keep it in my room.
\nTina: No. You’re going to keep it in the cupboard in the kitchen.
\nBridget: I’ll keep it in my kitchen. I’ll put it in the fridge.
\nTina: No, in the real kitchen.
\nBridget: My kitchen is a real kitchen.
\nTina: Ok, let’s try this again. Does mommy keep gum in her room?
\nBridget: No.
\nTina: That’s right. Gum doesn’t belong in our rooms – we need to keep it in the cupboard in the kitchen with the other gum.
\nBridget: Oh. ok.<\/p>\n

I was both surprised and impressed that that logic worked. But glad that it did. I’m also glad that she didn’t point out the fact that I sometimes carry gum in my purse – or she probably would have been trying to do the same with hers.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures of Bridget with her loot from the morning.
\nThe sucker is from the bank. We went there on the way home that morning.
\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It wasn’t until we were home and I started to take these pictures that I noticed the price tag on the bag. $10.95… Wow. More of a prize than I would have guessed. Funny, because Bridget would have been just as impressed with a sticker or a tootsie roll as a prize.
\n<\/p>\n

The bag is cute, and pretty well made. I think we’ll use it as her church bag from now on. Thanks Smithfield Implement guy! You were very kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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