Hug Twice

And so it begins.

I have a lot of thoughts I need to stew over about this. CJ has been playing with his friend M from down the street a lot, and M has a lot of things CJ does not. It started with the scooter. And then the Wii. I don’t feel bad that I haven’t given CJ these things exactly, but at the same time I wonder if I am putting him at a social disadvantage. M tried to explain some Mario Kart game to CJ for like 10 minutes and CJ was totally bewildered. Well, actually, I was too. (They weren’t playing the Wii, M wanted CJ to pretend their bikes were karts or something).

Today I broke down and took CJ out to buy a scooter. His early birthday present. Now CJ thinks he should get birthday cake.

But I’m not buying a Wii. I agonized over the scooter in fact, but decided to go forward with it. I’m really struggling with this. Argh. At least the scooter was on sale so I spent $10 less than I planned to. Yay small things.

And on top of that, those school pictures that I had no way of not having taken have shown up, and they are adorable. Now I feel my own internal pressure to buy them. Ugh, marketing.

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