Wii, Wii, Wii All the Way Home

The boys called me on my bluff last month! Well, I guess it wasn’t exactly a bluff, but in a moment of weakness, when I had it up to here (raises hand over head…5ft. 3 1/2inches) with them asking to play more time on PS2. I regrettably said, “If you had the Wii I’d probably let you play longer.”

The Wii was close to $300. They could never afford that. But I forgot about my son’s prize money and so began the search for the Wii! The phone calls to toy stores all over town. The last Wii in a town 40 minutes away, and my children insisting at 5:00 pm that we had to “go now and get it.”

That’s when I broke. “This is ridiculous. You’re not driving 40 minutes away using all that gas, just to buy a Wii with money you don’t have yet!” My son hadn’t gotten his check from the company yet. My husband was all up for the drive…

Then I launched into my don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched and we shouldn’t teach our kids to buy on credit speech!!

My husband saw the wisdom in my words and we negotiated a plan. If the boys could find a Wii in town, and they had the money, (I said I would spot my oldest $100 since his birthday was in a month or so, and he would be getting birthday money) they could buy one.

My oldest found one, begged me to buy it on my way home from an appointment one day and the rest is history.

And I’ve been true to my word. They get to play more Wii, and PS2 especially since I’m on a writing deadline!