New Favorite $4.99 Toy

The other day I took Zach and Nathan to Toys R Us.  Zach has a lot of money in his savings account but he doesn't want to spend very much of it.  He goes around the store and asks how much everything costs.  It doesn't matter what it is, if it is $5 or less, he wants to buy it.  Of course, most of the things are junk!

But then he came across the yo-yo aisle and decided that he wanted one because it cost $4.99.  I said, Eric probably has one for you to borrow.  Nope, that wasn't good enough, he wanted his own.  Turns out, we didn't have a single yo-yo in the entire house until Zach bought this one.  It was a hit with Eric.   He was letting Zach play with his most favorite (and even expensive toys)  in exchange for using Zach's new yo-yo.  Zach decided to be generous and buy Eric his own yo-yo.   Then Erin decided she wanted to try it out.  Next thing I know Zach is playing with Erin's American girl dolls while Erin plays with his yo-yo.  I decided this was way too much power for Zachary and decided I may as well purchase Erin her own yo-yo so she wouldn't have to let Zach play with her expensive dolls anymore.

It is amazing how many hours the kids have played with these $5 toys.  I love it because they are spending time together learning how to do tricks with them and best of all, they are off the computer!

Way to go Zach for picking out a great toy!