a day at the park with bullseye

So, this might seem like a semi-meaningless post, but I just had to share. This, is bullseye or "horsey".

And here is his story. Whenever Elliott and I go grocery shopping, he gets restless and so I usually give him a toy or book from the shelves to pacify him until checkout, then I take it back and he has always been fine with it. On Saturday, we were doing our routine grocery run, and while in the toy section, Elliott started to neigh (he's REALLY good at it and it's pretty unmistakable) I immediately saw bullseye on the shelf and found out that this toy was also a flashlight which is perfect for Elliott because he loves lights, horses and neighing which bullseye also does when you squeeze his tail. It was perfect! Elliott played with it for the whole  2 hours we were shopping. Then when we got to the check out I tried to take it away. Elliott started to panic and shake and then trying to compse himself he reached for it and said "beeeez" (please) and he repeated the shaking, slight whining and begging until I gave it back to him to have until I absolutely had to put it back. Well, as you can imagine just 5 short minutes later, he started to panic again and the pleading started. He is such a polite little guy but I was pretty sure bullseye was going to be too expensive. BUT I had the cashier check anyway and it turns out it was on sale for $3! So I of course had to buy it. This was certainly his lucky day! He continued to play with bullseye all the ride home, and for 4 hours after that until he had to go to bed. Then first thing Sunday morning, he went straight for it and played with it until we had to go to church. And ever since, it's been his favorite thing. Bullseye has even had to come on our walks and to the park, hence the pictures :)

And that's the story of bullseye.