Kiddie Gambling

C'mon big points or instant winner

HEB grocery stores have a fun wheel-of-fortune style wheel for the kids to spin. At checkout the cashier gives us HEB Buddy Bucks, which is fake money for the wheel machine. The wheel spins and the kids get to hit a button to stop the spinning. Then they get a sticker for the amount of points they spun. You can collect all the stickers in a booklet and eventually win prizes. Tyler likes collecting the points. Daphne likes putting the points stickers on her shirt or hands. The wheel is a good incentive to get the kids to behave when they start acting up. I must say that I do miss Playland at our Fred Meyer grocery store in Oregon. Playland had a bunch of toys and a person watching the kids (age 2 - 5 only) for up to an hour while you shop. Tyler used to love going to Playland, which meant much more peaceful shopping for Mommy. Oh how I wish there was Playland for Daphne. She is at the stage where she doesn't want to ride in the cart but I can only let her run around for a little while because otherwise she grabs things from shelves or runs off. And she throws a fit when I prohibit her from doing things.