Band-Aids and Gift Cards

Seriously what is it with kids and getting a bandage? Do your kids love them too? For Alyssa, wearing a band-aid is like a status symbol of some kind. She’ll insist on a band-aid for any and every thing that happens to her. Bonked head, hurt feelings, a TV show ending, basically everything that makes her sad, is fixable with a band-aid.

In an effort to not go through a box a week, the new rule is there must be blood or inflammation of some kind in order to attain bandage status.

When she does get a bandage, that to her means the appendage to which the band-aid is affixed is rendered useless as long as the band-aid is attatched. If it’s on her right hand, she’ll only use her left hand. If it’s on her leg she’ll keep the leg totally stiff I guess to preserve the life of the band-aid. It’s weird.

My mom bought her some Dora band-aids, you’d think she’d be crazy over them. She does like them, but she prefers the plain brown band-aid.

Moving on….

We took just Alyssa out to dinner and left Sunny and Grandma’s house. It was a Daddy Mommy Lyssa date. She needed some extra attention. It was fun. Anyway. We took her to Village Inn because we had a good coupon. We ate our meal then went to pay for the meal at the register. While we were waiting for someone to come take our money Alyssa saw a display of gift cards on a rack grabbed one, handed it to me and said….”I want twenty bucks on it!”

Steve and I looked at each other and thought….”She did not just say that.” I asked her “What did you say?” She replied…”I want twenty bucks on it.”

Do I buy that many gift cards? No. Where did she learn that gift cards need to be loaded with a specific amount? Where did she learn about bucks in relation to money? I don’t know.