No sooner did I write my positive monthly reflection on buying no new things than the kids suddenly switched from complacent to complaining. It was uncanny. I wondered if they had read the blog overnight and had colluded together to contradict it! I woke up Sunday morning (after writing Saturday night) and the very first thing Michal said was that her sandals were broken, she couldn't fix them with crazy glue, and she needed NEW shoes. I had been impressed by her earlier in the week because she'd been eager to fix them with crazy glue. But she had now suddenly found the perfect pair of sandals, they were not available on any of the used websites, and she wanted to buy them that very day. Ben then chimed in that if Michal got new shoes, it would only be fair if he got caps for his gun. This conversation went on all day and has persisted through today.
Michal has a point. She now has no sandals. Also, we'd told her she could buy shoes in France but she didn't find any that were right and so wisely waited. I may give in.
We were also stymied yesterday by Leo's ten-year old birthday present. When I casually asked him if he liked plants he looked puzzled and said, not really. The kids then said, hah! told you! We decided to give him a gift certificate to the candy store close to us but this doesn't feel like a great solution. Oh well.
One large (the shoes) dent, one small (the present) dent, in our project. I hope this isn't an indication of a change of mood in our second month.
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