A Grandparent's Birthday Tradition

My folks have embraced the tradition of taking each of their grandchildren out on a shopping spree for their birthday. I dropped Josh off at his grandmother's school today around 3:30, and off they went to Toys R Us (you know, since Josh has so very few toys at home, mind you) My Dad met up with them there, and about 1/2 hour later, Josh was the proud owner of a Pirates of the Caribbean sword (complete with sound effects), a whole set of Lincoln logs, a Teens Titan umbrella, and some other misc. items. Afterwards, they all headed off to Josh's favorite restaurant, Appleby's.

It was cute this morning when Josh and I made a short visit to J.C. Penney's. We passed the boy's section, and Josh spied this tie. He remarked to me that he wanted to get it so that he would look handsome for grandma this afternoon. We bought the tie.

Tomorrow, which is Josh's actual birthday, Cindy is taking the day off of work and we all are going to Dick's to buy Josh his birthday present from us- a new bike. Then we promised to take him to Build-a-Bear. I'll tell you, the guy who thought of this conept is just short of brilliant. Kids love it, and the store sells more accessories for the stuffed animals than most department stores have for us folks! It should be a fun day.