Family Fun, Erickson Style

After a stressful week, we decided that we needed to do something fun as a family. We ended up deciding to have a fun competition to see who could get the coolest thing at the local flea market for R20 or less (about $2.25). We split up and had 40 minutes to scour the market.

Here's what we ended up with:

• Ben (age 7) - several sheets of stickers
• Lucy (age 9) - a feathered mask, two glass slippers and a toy car
• Emma (age 11) - a pair of soft, fuzzy socks
• me - two Madagascar hissing cockroaches
• Dan - a wooden model kit of a toilet

I had one of those "I've never said that sentence before in my life!" moments ("Guess what I bought!"), but the problem is, now there are two giant cockroaches in my house. So Emma donated one of her Polly Pocket dolls, and we reenacted a Japanese Monster Movie, South African-style. I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time.