A Thrift Store Miracle

So I have to share a very neat story that happened today that was totally all God. Caleb got $20 in a birthday card a couple weeks ago from his Great-grandparents in AZ and we went shopping last week. We went up and down the toy isles, mainly running, pointing to some great things to buy with the money. Caleb is pretty entertaining normally, but you give him a little thing like money to get excited about and it is very entertaining!

So after a few "Oh, that one costs a little more than you have" disappointments from mom, he found a few great items under the $20 he really liked. One of those items was the Little People fire truck you see above. It was $15 and made a really cool siren sound, one of Caleb's favorite things to listen for right now. I told him that if he bought the truck that he couldn't get the 4 or 5 smaller things he also wanted because it would take all of his money. He was a little sad, but not much when he realized he could get 4 other things for the same amount. So we left Wal-mart with a Nick Jr DVD ($7.50), Cars beach towel ($9.94), bubble wand ($1.00) and a foam puzzle ($1.00). Thanks again Great-grandma and grandpa!

So the next day he was greeted with a birthday card with $10 in it from his other great-grandma in Omaha (aren't grandparents the coolest). I could tell he was thinking about that truck, and I said maybe we could go look at Target to see what cool things they have for this money. Well, before we got to Target, we went shopping at my favorite Thrift Store today near Liberty to look for a couple of light jackets for the kids, and the craziest thing happened.

We took our normal route around the toys area before heading to the clothes area and did not see anything worth picking up for his money. After we got some awesome deals on more clothes than we needed, Caleb yells out "toys." We looked over and saw a man was bringing out a big cart of toys to put on the shelf to sell. When we went over to see what was there his eyes lit up. It was that same fire truck we had seen at Wal-mart still in the package (that doesn't normally happen at the thrift store) and for only $4.99. We were shocked! We grabbed that as well as an awesome John Deer tractor for $3.99, which he has always wanted. Both were in top notch condition. It all came to $9.50 with tax so he ran to the gum ball machine. Can you believe it? God provided that fire truck at a cheaper price (along with a bonus tractor) and with great excitement!!