June 8: Grocery Store Game

We usually try to grocery shop on  Wednesdays after bringing Koen to school, and Ty is usually fine with going.  He likes to help push the cart and put things in the basket.   But today was a different story.  He did NOT want to go to the store and made that very obvious.  He stated that we had plenty of food at home and we didn't need ANYTHING, and while we are extremely blessed, we did need A FEW things.  He finally changed his mind, got out of the van, and headed into the store.  Once inside, however, he wasn't so sure he was happy to be there.  He plowed through a sucker and a small bag of Froot Loops I happened to have along, and then it could have been trouble, but I had an idea.  He loves I-Spy books, etc. so what if we made the shopping trip into a I-Spy type game?  He went for it!  He helped me find bananas, asparagus, strawberries, cereal, M&Ms, yogurt, butter, and so many more things!  He was a wonderful helper...we'll have to play this game more often.  Why didn't I think of it sooner???