Shoe Store

What do you do for a sister with a shoe fetish? You open a shoe store in her room, of course. Isabella and I were finishing up lunch while Benjamin had already finished and was off playing. Then he called from her room, "The store is open! Come to the shoe store!" We went into Bella's room to find that he'd taken the entertainment center we're not currently using and laid out some of her shoes on it. He then climbed up on her dresser and started enticing us to come buy. Certain ones were $1, others $2.


Bella chose her favorites first and was delighted by the rock bottom prices. Especially when she pretended to give him $1 and then he pretended to give her $3 in change. What a deal! After we'd selected a few pairs each and Bella had tried them all on, he declared that the rest were free - a huge sale because he needed to empty his store because he was moving to Germany. So, naturally we snatched up the rest of the shoes and reveled in our great luck. Honestly, I don't think Bella could have been more excited about a game of make-believe. I thought it was sweet that he finally paid her back for all the games of monster and alien robots that she's had to play.