Learning life's lessons

Macie and her friend Hailey decided (on their own) to do a stuffed animal swap today. Pretty innovative for two 1st graders. Macie picked a few of her toys she was willing to part with and then Hailey brought over a few of her gently used gems. They bartered back and forth discussing the finer points of the "Jack-o-lantern bear" and "Patch the dog". It was very interesting listening to them try to convince each other as to why the product they had up for offer was so desirable - capitalism at it's finest. Each of them even threw in a "free gift with trade" as you may be able to make out in the picture below. One small (slightly soiled) stuffed animal kitty - and one company logo'd stress ball.  In the end, both parties were quite certain they'd negotiated the better end of the deal. Win/Win 

Oh the simple pleasures of life!