Yesterday was a snow day for many schools in the Midwest including ours. It is always an exciting day for my 4 year old when her older brother is home from school and she has an all-day playmate. They played all morning and had a great time running through the house making up games while I baked bread.
We took a break from the fun and watched a kids show on PBS about trading up. Some kids started out with a flyswatter and kept trading for better and better items until in the end, they end up with a family 4 pack to a theme park. Sound familiar? Kyle McDonald started with one red paperclip and ended up with a house after 14 trades.
There is something so satisfying about trading something you no longer want and getting something better. The other person gets that same satisfaction. I've traded a toy vacuum cleaner for a beautiful Tommy Hilfiger dress for my daughter. I've traded a bag of flour for a bag of tomatoes - our garden had not produced any enough tomatoes last year and the other person did not have a grain mill. They were both great trades.
My son is jealous of his sister who got a ladybug pillow pet for Christmas. She actually wanted a unicorn. His solution - we took some of his Christmas money and bought a unicorn pillow pet so he can trade her and get the ladybug. That was his idea - he figured he would just get his sister what she wanted and then he could have the ladybug. How sweet is that? They have made their trade and are both sleeping now with their new pillow pets.
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