We celebrate "Children's Day" in September because that is when Eli was adopted, when we became a family of five. And we took the kids to a SUPER fancy dinner (Photos are of said celebration) at Noodles and Company (which we refer to as Noodle Bowl) and told them that they would be receiving a trampoline for Children's Day. "Yay! Yay!" they screamed. And then we came home from dinner and did some research. Turns out, trampolines, they're not so safe. Shocking? I know. I thought so, too. So then we had to come back the next day and say, "Sorry kiddos. No trampoline. We prefer your limbs intact and your brains the way they are."
So we did more research and thought a Wii might be a fun gift for the three of them to share and we could give it to them for Christmas and Children's Day combined. Brilliant! So today was Wii day. Who knew how difficult it would be to purchase a Wii for our kids. We thought we'd do it on-line last night only to discover that the on-line retailers were out of Wiis. Phooey. We were going to have to brave the...dum dum dum...black friday crowds.
No way to keep the Wii a surprise, we all crowded into Steve's little Escape and headed to Walmart to find a good deal on the Wii. (I'm a HUGE fan of good deals!) I know we probably should have gotten there at 6 am with the rest of you crazies but we decided 8 am was plenty early for our people. We hunted and hunted for that Wii. No Wiis to be found anywhere. But then just when all hope was lost...there it was...in the distance...Steve spotted a lonely Wii on top of the printers. Ha ha! We happily left with the last Wii in Walmart. Our ecstatic kids were doing the Wii dance and singing several verses of the little known Wii song.
Totally worth it.
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