Yesterday Westside Church of Christ hosted the annual pie auction to benefit the teen group going on a Mexico mission trip this Summer. People in the congregation brought pies, cakes, cookies, and other confections which were auctioned to the highest bidder, as we all enjoyed a picnic lunch under the big tree.
At one point, Matt, our auctioneer, brought up the kids to the front of the group and offered them a plate of cookie bars in a mini-auction of their own. Gibson started the bidding off at forty dollars, which was higher than the adults had begun any previous item. When it came Douglas' turn, we weren't sure what he would say, but with a strong, confident voice he leaned into the microphone and said "seventy-five." It was pretty funny.
Throughout the rest of the auction, he stayed pretty close to Matt and would often parrot what Matt had said. "Do I hear one hundred bucks?" he'd repeat. I think he might be an auctioneer in training! After all, who could resist such a cute face. I can just hear him saying, "Going once, going twice, sold for seventy-five. Let's hear it for our winner!"
We bought Mel's famous Snickerdoodles, some M&M brownies, and other items. Yum!
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Great auction yesterday I thought in spite of my son's overactive desire to spend my money. I'm sure his heart was in the right place...somewhere next to his sweet tooth.
What you didn't realize, and I only found this out later, was that Douglas was actually bidding the entire time and you purchased approximately 24 dozen cookies for about $1200. You can make the check payable to Westside, or just make it payable to "cash" and I'll take care of it.
Truth be told, the Davis family was very generous as always. Not sure where our Church would be without them, and glad I don't have to think about it.
One of the reasons why we thought the bid for $75 was so funny is that both Tony and I would have guessed that his bid would have been "fifty dollars," which for some reason is the price he puts on everything. He has regularly tried to sell us his toys for fifty dollars. Good thing he doesn't know how to use eBay!
We had wondered where he had learned it and just realized this week that $50 is the amount that Al (from Al's Toy Barn) offers Andy's Mom for the Woody doll at the yard sale in Toy Story 2 (which apparently we have all watched a few too many times).
The other day Douglas came home from Grandpa and Grandpa's house with a dollar in his pocket. I asked how he got the money and Tony explained that he had asked Grandpa for fifty dollars and settled for a dollar. He might be onto something here...
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