Mum picked up Jakjak from school today because it was not a regular school day. There was a simple school activity in the morning, and then they had the rest of the day off (and the Friday after as well - lucky kid). So, they decided to go to a Toys R' Us sale.
Toys R' Us sales are simply what they are. Toys go on sale. And depending on the condition of the toy (or the packaging), you either get a good bargain, or a bad one. Since it was the first day of the sale, mum called me to report on what they are getting at the sale (as if being stuck at work was not bad enough, now I get to know what I'm missing). So they had the toys typically on sale, those that were either worn in from being displayed for so long, or those that you get as much as a few percent discount because they were still quite new.
A little while later, Jakjak called me. He was so excited that the only words I understood from his call was "Ferrari" and "remote control". He later gave the phone to his mum and she told me that Jakjak had decided to buy a remote controlled Ferrari toy car. One red and one blue. Which meant one for me and one for himself. Mum also told me that he decided that all on his own and that he even put back the toys that were already in his basket in exchange for the two remote controlled cars. I was deeply moved by this.
While I consider toys that both of us can play with (our Tomica town is quite big now), I never expected the same to come from him. I mean, he is five years old. I expect him to be grateful when he buy him toys, but I did not expect him to think the way he did when he got those remote controlled cars. He may be growing up faster than I had been expecting.
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