It was our gift to him for such an amazing 1st year of school, only missing one day due to the flu, and being such an amazing help to us with household chores and his siblings.
His face was priceless on the morning before his Celebration when we gave it to him. I had always told him when he was older he could get it or that it was very expensive, so after 6 months I think he finally gave up on it.
Pure wonderful shock and he very quietly said, "This is the most awesomest thing. I always wanted this." It was truly a reaction from the heart, a grateful reaction and I was even more proud and happy to have given it to him, instead of what I think is a spoiled reaction I can get from my zoo, which then they treat their most prized items with no care.
He has been so careful with his DS, keeping up with it, taking it to bed for over two weeks, charges it on his own and such. It goes everywhere with us and we leave it in the car when we go to the store. Again, very proud of how mature he is handling his most coveted item.
We went to Basha's very early yesterday morning, at 7:45 am to get our normal things and lunch for our friend's the St. Geme's. We also go to Basha's because they have the toy/candy quarter machines and it is a favorite thing to do among the Zoo.
Get home and begin to clean up for our guests. Caden starts saying he can't find his DS. I don't think much about it, pretty sure it's got to be somewhere here. He never finds it all day long.
And believe me, every 10 minutes we heard about it. Sometimes he would be so upset, other times just so nail scratching whiny. We looked everywhere for it, under couches, beds, through the playroom, under covers, the car, you name it we looked.
Finally at 5 pm, I decide to call Basha's and see if we left it there, even though he and I are both pretty sure he didn't take it in. They don't have it. At that point, I was wishing they did so a) we could both breathe a sigh of relief and b) he would stop asking for it.
Daddy told him that when he got home from Grand Caymans, that he would find it. Somehow Caden finally let it go. We went to bed and there was no crying for it, thankfully.
This morning he gets up, his usual 5:30 am for crying out loud. I'm pouring milk for him and Teagan, because she got up at 5:45, drink anyone? He's at the end of the couch on the floor, his little corner when he first gets up, laying there watching TV. All of a sudden he yells out " My DS! I found it!" It was under the couch, but hiding under the fabric at the end of the couch. It is so dark under there, it would be easy to miss.
He had hidden it there, which is a normal hiding spot for him, so it was safe during our play date! We both started laughing!
Good thing too, because our Legos Indiana Jones game is in at GameStop, and since I beat Legos Star Wars and almost done with Speed Racer, I didn't know what I was going to do.
OH did I say I? I meant Caden.
Yeah, I'm a gamer, have always been since my mom bought us an Atari at the age of 8. I cold turkey "quit" when I was 21 and Mike and I both said we could never have a system because we wouldn't ever give the zoo a turn! We now have a Playstation, but the only game we have is Rock Band, which allows all of us to play together. The Zoo doesn't even know it plays other games, but if they find out, we will be in big trouble. We will all be fighting for a turn!
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