Sunday, October 11, 2009

Boys' Street Sale

On Friday after school all three kids and I went over to play at the Cooper's home. It's a perfect family fit as our daughters get along really well with their almost 5 year old, Molly, and T gets along really well with Harry and Charlie.

Kim and I were chatting in the kitchen and watching the boys play out the front window. They had decided to gather up some old toys and have a sale on the side of the street. It was very funny to watch them sit like old men on stoops. They were quite patient waiting for customers but unfortunately they didn't have any sales. A few people who were walking by stopped to converse with them and see what they were up to. Since T was the only one who spoke Hungarian, he translated everything. I stuck my ear out to listen and make sure they were being polite. It was adorable listening to our 3 salesmen trying to convince people to buy up their used goods (later I saw they were not very impressive - many broken toys). They even set up the table and chairs all by themselves. We loved watching them (over a 2 hour period) as they really got into it and used their imagination and worked well as a team. For anyone with kids this generation, you'll know that their imagination is not what ours were 30+ years ago when we didn't have all the technology and toys that they do now.


They went back and forth over the fence so the dogs and girls wouldn't get out into the street.