Silvery and Rose passed away yesterday. It was their time, anyway. At first, I told the kids we would get some new fish. But today, I just really didn't want to buy more fish. More cleaning of the tank, more filters and food and other apparatus. So I made a deal to assist the kids in buying some other item they had been wanting, in exchange for agreement that we would not buy more fish.
Anna is contemplating Meatloaf the dog, an American Girl doll accessory. Toby has had his eye on a Fisher Price dinosaur toy. (Recall the Target episode mentioned earlier.) Details of the deal required some concessions on my part. Toby's negotiation style involves far too much emotion. Anna is more of a transactional style, withholding final agreement until the terms are fully to her liking.
I would really like to move away from anything related to stores and buying things for the kids, as it always seems to lead to problems, and is not an area in which I'm a model parent. On the other hand, I also went shopping for various other things today and spent a ridiculous amount of money. Obviously, I need to go back to work where I can just earn money and don't have time to think about how to spend it.
(Toby continues to struggle with the boy who comes up to him at school. We now know his name, and he has apologized to Toby and given assurances of being nicer. I think it's all on Toby's end now. Toby stays on the basketball court at recess, and I wish he wouldn't let his fears keep him from having fun and playing with his friends.)
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