A Crocodile Tale

Wesley had show and tell almost every day in preschool from January until last week. He occasionally told me about the toys the other kids brought to class but he didn’t seem that interested in them. That is until his friend Wade brought in a crocodile. When I picked Wesley up that day he pointed to Wade who was holding the prized toy and said, “Mommy, I really want a crocodile like that. Can you get me one?”

Wesley continued to ask daily for that toy. Since he had not asked for anything else all semester and it looked relatively inexpensive I decided to get it for him. I took Lydia to Toys R Us while Wesley was at school. I thought maybe I would give him the crocodile as a little end of the year present.

As we walked up to store, Lydia asked what the letters said. I told her "Toys R Us." She started saying, "Toys for us, toys for us" over and over again.

When we picked Wesley up at school, he wanted to play with his dinosaurs once he was in the car seat. This is the conversation I overheard:

Lydia: “We went to Toys for Us and got you a crocodile.”

Wesley: “These are dinosaurs not crocodiles.”

Lydia: “We went to Toys for Us and got you a crocodile.”

Wesley: “These are dinosaurs not crocodiles.”

She gave up after the second time.

I gave him the crocodile a few days later. Here is a picture of the crocodile with Lydia, Wesley and Hunter (who was over for a playdate).