What a strange, strange boy…

While we were shopping at Galleria you wanted your Vancouver grandma to change shopping carts with me. You were initially sitting in the cart that she was pushing while I was pushing Kendall. I thought you wanted me to push you because you were getting jealous of me pushing Kendall, but I soon figured why you wanted us to switch. You wanted me to take you to the home aisle. You and your grandma sometime have a hard time communicating with each other because you only speak English and she speaks mostly Korean. Sometimes she can't understand what you are saying. Well, you wanted me to take you to the home aisle because you had spotted a garbage can on the shelves. You had mentioned to me in the past that you didn't have a garbage can in your toy kitchen area. I guess when you saw it at Galleria today you wanted me to buy it for you. I would have bought it for you, but it was over $10. There was no way I was paying $10 for the garbage can when I could get it at the dollar store. I told you firmly that I couldn't get it for you because it was too expensive and you started crying. I eventually calmed you down promising that I would take you to another store to buy you a garbage can. I figured you might forget on the way home and that would be the end of that. You even took a nap on the drive home. I was sure you would forget. Boy, was I wrong! As soon as we got home and I carried you in the house you started wailing how I didn't go to the "other store" to get you the garbage can. I was shocked that you wanted the garbage can that badly. I told your grandma we would be back and you and I went to the dollar store to get you your garbage can. 

I now reveal the garbage that I got you.

Ta da! It was $1.25 and you chose the colour. 

You were so happy that you got your garbage can. You wanted to play downstairs in the basement as soon as we got home. After playing for a while, you turned to me and said- "Mommy, but I don't have a garbage truck…" Oh boy! There was a garbage truck that you were obsessed with at Asher and Austin's house and you've been asking for that as well. It looks like that will be my next item on my list to get you. Who asks for a garbage can/truck???