Hallelujah!!

Some of you know that Peyton has been saving for about 3 years (from what we can remember) for--

a LEGO Deathstar

with a price tag of $399.99

with tax that comes to $436.89 that he needed to save.

He

sold things

did chores

had birthdays

Christmas presents

he very rarely bought anything

but on occasion did

He was getting very close to earning all the money he needed

He was $60.97 short as of yesterday.

But going to Joe's parents we knew that he would be getting some money, we just didn't know if it would be enough to get the Deathstar.

As a side note, Joe and I bought the Deathstar a few months ago and stashed it in the closet.  We had it on good word that it was on it's way out and if it was discontinued the price would go up.

Of note: The price right now on Amazon is $436 + tax and $18 shipping.

So before going to Joe's parents yesterday we put the big Amazon brown box in the car, just in case.

Peyton gets enough money, with a little to spare :)

Joe goes out to "see if he might be able to rustle up a Deathstar"  Peyton has no idea we have one.  He is just excited to go buy one tomorrow :)  But when the big box comes in he starts wondering, with big eyes, thinking this just might be it.



He opens the box and can hardly believe it.  It's the "best day ever".  He really wants to just rip it open right then but refrains and instead gets out the manual/instructions.  Which by the way is 262 pages!!!



We have taken the Christmas tree down in the Living Room and replaced it with a card table and a lot of LEGO pieces.  It seemed like the safest place to put something like that without losing pieces and causing probems.

It has started construction today--I am not certain the estimated time of completion--but we'll keep you updated.

Now we just have to decide what the next thing he wants to save for. . . :)