We had been kind of keeping our eyes open for a cute little pink Barbie car or jeep for Payton for her birthday. Used, by the way, because new is just too darn expensive! We just missed out on getting a cute pink jeep in our neighborhood (when they were having the neighborhood yard sales) by about 5 minutes! The person just before I walked by bought this cute jeep for $20!! I mentioned this to Laurel and she said she had a jeep--kind of boyish colors--at her house that has been sitting for a long time that we could just have! We were so excited!! We didn't care what color it was! She and Seth dropped it by and lo and behold it was a cute quad with a little trailer! The only thing we needed was a charger! So we went and purchased a $30 charger and came home and--well--the charger has little lights on it that tell you whats happening. Red solid--charging, green solid--done charging, flashing green--ready but not fully charged, and flashing red--bad battery. The light was flashing Red. So, we now went looking for a new battery. Two Wal-Marts were out of them so we went to a third one and they had about 8 of them!! The new battery cost $50! Maddie was so excited to have something to drive that she said she would put $20 towards it! Taylor had about $6 and excitedly said she would contribute! I couldn't just hand it over, right--they gotta contribute since they are the ones riding it, right!? So we bought the battery and went home to charge it! Well--it said it needed a full 18 hours to charge the first time! It was now going to be another day of waiting! They were still excited and washed it and dried it and shined up the 'rims'! :)
It was a great $80 investment!! The kids haven't stopped 'taking turns' all day!! Thanks goes out to the Beisners!! :)
Here is Madison riding it with Payton sitting in front of her! Payton loved it!!
Here is Taylor riding it: (Taylor's a maniac!--She uses the Power Boost all the time!)
Emerie did really well--she finally has something that she can drive herself!!
4 comments:
It makes me want to come ride it! So fun looking!
I am so sorry it cost so much to get it running. We should have taken it to D.I.. It looks like it goes pretty fast. I am glad the kids like it though. Good luck with Emmie tomorrow.
My kids would love that. I think Eli would love it more though. Looks like the kids had a great time!!
you have been a busy blogger - and i'm finally getting caught up! awesome teacher gifts, great idea, and i love the personal stuff.
ethan would go crazy over a jeep like that, your girls are so cute and i love that you had them contribute. it's so good for kids to learn that stuff isn't free!
great job on your blog stacie, you do such a cute job and i love reading your stories! keep up the good work!
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