The day sadly went downhill from here. Despite my constant reminders that wrestling in the store aisles was not appropriate behavior, and that every time I had stop to remind them of appropriate behavior just wasted time and resulted in a longer than necessary outing, they continued to make sad choices in the stores.
Fast forward to finally making it back home for the night. I had sent the boys down to play, there was going to be no TV and no electronics for the remainder of the night. I explained to them AGAIN why I was disappointed, and how their behavior in the stores wasted so much of my time, which is especially important as Christmas is a few days away. They went to play, and I began working on my prep for the Christmas truffles I had to make.
I called them up for dinner and they came running to me with a present. Without anyone telling them to do so, they wrote me a little note that said "Mom we are sorry for wasting your time so we are giving you a present". The present was 4 quarters, one for each store that we had to go to today. When I asked them what the quarters were for David said it was to pay me back for the wasted time! I couldn't help but laugh. It was so sweet, and needless to say, they earned a Christmas movie before bed time tonight.
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