Those big blue eyes

Remember in my last post the bit about Ava getting a cheeto gift from an admiring little boy? It seems that not only little boys are struck by her big blue puppy dog eyes. We have been hitting yard sales the last few weeks, and this weekend we took the kids with us. At one, Ava was coveting a stuffed elephant and a littler one just like it. They wanted too much for it, plus she was kind of throwing a fit so I told her no. I put her and the others in the car, and went back to offer on something else they had. The man running the yard sale took my offer, and as I paid him, he reached down and grabbed the two stuffed elephants, handed them to me, and said," Here, you can have these for your little girl. It looked like she really wanted them." It was so sweet, and a testimony for me of the kindness of people. I had her tell the man thank you. At the next yard sale, she picked up a purse and asked if she could have it. I asked how much it was, and the lady looks at Ava and says she can have it for free. Huh. We are having trouble coming up with a down payment for a house here....I wonder if I should take her to meet our lender and builder......