My school-age kids are selling various items for school. My daughter is selling candybars for $1. It's the hot item. She sold almost her whole box this weekend. Young Peanut has been waiting for over a day for a candy bar. He tried various means of getting a candy bar. The grown ups explained that these candy bars cost a dollar and did he have a dollar for one? He tried to say he lost his dollar. That didn't work. Then he cried. Tears are his most effective weapon in his 4 year old arsenal. Grandma succumed and bought him one. He was elated and his eyes grew big as saucers when he unwrapped it.
A short while later, he had been given some starburst which was a party favor from a baby shower. He began to offer his one starburst. He first said to Grandpa, "Do you want to sign up?" Grandpa replies, "Sign up for what?" Peanut shows him his starburst and says, "You can have it for a dollar." Grandpa laughed. So, Peanut tried his technique on Grandma. She did not buy it for buck. Then he offered it to Mommy who also did not buy but offered to take it as a gift. I found it funny that he named his price as the same price as a chocolate bar. But obviously, he has no concept of value.
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