Trade Up

Did you ever hear about that guy that started with one red paper clip and kept trading up until he eventually got a house? I think he moved from the paper clip to a pen shaped like a fish to a doorknob and so on and so on until he got a house - seriously!

Anyway, I think that someday Daniel may acquire his first home in that same way. We were walking to the car after church on Sunday, and he started his "trade-up." He typically takes one little piece of treasure home with him from wherever we go. Mommy allows "just one." So Sunday he started with a little rock. We walked a few feet, and he traded it for a stick in the shape of a Y. We walked further, and he traded it for a nut that was cracked down the middle. A little further down the road, and he made the final trade for a non-cracked nut. I think he would have kept trading up, but we had made it to the car.