We have a Monday ritual called grocery shopping. Sound fun? Don't you wish you could do something so great every Monday? To enliven the drudgery, I distribute two pennies to each of the kids before we leave the house. They have to carry the pennies in their pockets as a reminder for good behavior. Then, once the shopping is done, they get to use the pennies to ride "Sandy."
You see, this grocery store has a very old mechanical horse. A horse whose humble name is inscribed in curly faded letters on its base. A horse-colored horse (no pink manes and purple tails here). A horse adorned with a real saddle made of actual tooled leather. A horse complete with leather reins that are attached to a real metal bit in its molded mouth. A horse with fancy leather stirrups. A horse whose mechanics costs just one penny to set in motion. And so, for the bargain price of four cents--two rides each--I get an efficient shopping trip.
This past Monday, I took the camera with me to the store, thinking I'd capture the cuteness for posterity. However, in the Cheap Digital Camera vs. Moving Horse moments that ensued, this is what happened.
Charming lack of focus is so 1940s photography. And even though this very horse might have been featured in those photos, my version didn't quite cut it. So I played with the photo and came up with this.
Which might pass muster for an old photo except for the puffy down coat.
Fortunately, the fact that I had the camera with me at the grocery store--a camera complete with charged batteries--enabled me to capture this.
And this is why it's a good idea to take the camera to the grocery store.
8 comments:
And this is exactly why I don't let Husband bring the camera to the grocery store.... I don't need pics of me vs creme egg floating around the internet! Good job Neice - round goes to you!!
I love the idea of giving pennies to them, to remind them to be good. I'm gonna have to try that. And, the cadbury egg picture is priceless.
It kinda looks like the Cadbury almost won. Ah, but she smiles victorious. Lovely.
Ride 'em, cowboy! Clearly, Son was galloping, which is why the photo was hard to capture. I believe it was a photo finish!
I have just one question regarding Daughter...did any of the egg actually make it IN to her??
She showed that egg who's boss, I see. Cute pictures, motion blurred or not!
-- Laurie
Ah, yes, Daughter is Boss over Egg!
PB&J, the pennies really work. They like to put their hands in their pockets to feel the pennies, pull them out, jingle them, etc. For safety's sake, I tend to carry a few extra, just in case one gets lost, to ensure they both get their two rides...but the promise of a rides also seems to help them remember that they won't be allowed to SPEND the pennies unless they behave. And they are fascinated with putting the pennies in the slot on the horsie, so that works well too. Good luck!
Adorable!
This is exactly why I shop alone. LOL. We love chocolate and are always coinless.
Her smile... perfect!
Oooooh, is it time for Cadbury Eggs again? Yee-haw. (And they are both darling- even when photographed with a cheap digital camera with a puffy down coat on egg on their faces.:)
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