A shopping cart and a shopping trip...

Graham has recently become a fan of the child size shopping carts at our favorite grocery store, Trader Joe's. He's quite popular with the employees when he wears his squeaker shoes and pushes the cart up and down the aisles at lightning speed with a giant grin on his face. That excitement was replicated today when we walked into his classroom and low and behold there was a new toy just waiting for Graham...a child size shopping cart! Unfortunately, I wasn't prepared with my camera at school today so I don't have any pictures as evidence of Graham's excitement. Graham chose to play with the cart for nearly the entire class period. He didn't want his snack and he didn't want anything to do with his usual favorites-he only wanted the shopping cart. The problem is, that since the cart was a new addition to the classroom, many other children wanted to play with the cart as well, and Graham had a difficult time sharing. It was almost as if he really believed the cart was just for him. To be one year old and have no concept of sharing...I wonder what went through his head each time a child approached him and tried to "share" the cart with him. After class, a friend emailed me and let me know where I can buy a cart for Graham. Perhaps a trip to Toys R Us should be added to our weekend agenda!

Jeff was working late tonight so we met up with my parents at the mall for a bite to eat and a little bit of shopping. Graham didn't seem to care that he got a new pair of sandals for our upcoming trip to Florida, or that Mommy was thrilled to find a sundress for the beach. Those things didn't phase him. What he did get excited about was his very own Dilly Bar! He made such a mess and I was relieved to know that the mess wasn't on my kitchen floor! At one point he decided that Grandma Greer needed a bit of his melted, sticky, Dilly Bar so being the good sport she is, she let Graham cram it into her mouth! That ice cream treat certainly made Graham's night!