So, Kevin's birthday is in a few days and I have a fun surprise planned for him and a few of his buddies tomorrow night. That was basically going to be his present. But then a week ago he starts telling me how much he really wants a remote control car, and not the ones you buy at Target, but the 'real' ones you buy at hobby shops. I wasn't going to get him one but then he tells me this story about how he ALWAYS wanted one as a kid but never got one. But his neighbor got one, had him build it for him because he couldn't figure it out, but then wouldn't let him drive it. Apparently this scarred him for life, so I couldn't let his 35th birthday go by without getting him the car.
I made a mistake though, I took Ben with me to buy it. What was I thinking? We talked all about how it was a surprise and it was for daddy's birthday. So as Kevin walks in the door that night Ben says, "My buyed you a new car today." I just ignored it and assured him we did not buy a new car today and let a few days go by with Ben continuing to tell Kevin that he bought him a car. Today, Ben randomly starts crying. When we ask why he says, "My want to play with dada's "bemote" control car." Kevin looks at me and says, "That is what he's been talking about!". We couldn't possibly let Ben be sad a second longer, so Kevin got his present early:)
It actually was pretty fun to play around with tonight, who knew a remote control car would be the perfect gift for a 35 year old's birthday!
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Kevin had a remote controlled something, but it is a fact that it was not as expensive and cool as the one that D.S. got. We are happy he got a cool one this time.
I think this may turn out to Ben's car and dada will have to get permission from Ben.
great sob story, Kevin! I'm going to try this on my birthday, just substitute "trip to Italy" for "remote control car"...
How fun for Kevin! I hope he had a great birthday.
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