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This is a "guest post" from David:

This is a hilarious story. I do not have a blog spot or a facebook to share it with you all but I thought it was worth the email.

Today I was working at home and Vivienne came to me and said “will you play with me?” She did this about 5 times. Each time I told her I was working and unable to play with her. Then she came to me with a bunch of money in her hand. She said “Dad I will pay you to play with me” I said “Oh yeah how much?” She said “this much.” And handed me 27 cents. I felt awful and told her I would love to play with her but could never accept her money. I had feelings of being a horrible dad who was always working to make money and never had time to play with my kids and therefore they feel like they must pay for my time. She insisted that she pay me. So I took the money. It came out of her savings jar that she fills when she makes money for doing chores. I felt so bad I literally teared up. Seriously.

I said “Vivi what game are we playing?” She said “store.” I said “Oh how does that work?” she proceeded to put a bunch of her toys on the table in a display for me and told I could buy them from her. She said “don’t you need a music box for your new baby?” I said “OK how much?” She said “ One dollar.” I laughed hysterically because I knew I had been had. She told me that all of my laughter was hurting her feelings and that I should buy some more toys. I said “what am I going to do with all of these toys?” She said “you can give them to your daughters” I said “ You mean I should pay you money for your toys and then give them back to you as gifts?” She said “Yeah” exasperated as though I finally caught on.

I don’t exactly remember the exchange but the icing on the cake was when she convinced me to buy her glasses case so that I could give them to my daughter named Vivienne so she could keep her glasses safe. It’s almost like she knew I was tired of spending money on glasses. All in all, she gave me 27 cents to play and took me for 4 bucks.

I got hustled and I know it. Worst part-Im kinda proud of her. Vivi may not know her alphabet, but she may also be my smartest daughter yet.