"Follow The Yellow Brick Road "

So before Ava's Big surgery day, I wanted to get a few things we needed from Wal-Mart! While we were there I wanted to get Ava some new "jammas" as she calls them and a new prize /DVD for her to watch when she came home!So when I asked her what DVD would she like to have, and without hesitation she screamed out"WIZARD OF OZ, MOMMA"!Upon looking though all of the titles Wal-Mart has to offer, we didn't see Wizard Of Oz anywhere!!So off Daddy went to find a friendly sales associate! When Daddy came back with "MR.FRANK",he told us that he had just seen a copy in between two t.v.'s so he went to search for it! Well to our Surprise Mr. Frank came back with the DVD in his hands!! Ava was beyond excited!! I have never seen her so happy!She was singing and dancing through Wal-Mart! She was telling everyone she saw about her Wizard Of Oz DVD! Things were going GREAT, until....(This is a Mayeaux story so you know that something has to go, shall we say...Interesting!LOL) Rick notices that the DVD seems to be opened.Upon further investigation, it has indeed been opened and #1 of the2 DVD set is missing! And of course the DVD that is missing is the actual movie DVD! So trying to be as calm and loving as possible Rick tries to explain to Ava that he has to take the DVD back to Mr. Frank so that they can look for the missing DVD. Well in that moment lets just say: "ATTENTION WAL-MART SHOPPERS:A BREAKDOWN IS NOW OCCURRING IN THE CENTER AISLE NEAR THE BABY DEPARTMENT""THE LOUD PIERCING SIREN YOU ARE HEARING IS NOT AN EMERGENCY ALARM""IT IS JUST THE SOUND OF A PRECIOUS TWO YEAR OLD WHO HAS JUST HAD HER HEART BROKEN"! Of course in typical Mayeaux fashion, the original DVD is nowhere to be found AND none of the Wal-Mart stores in our immediate area have a copy either!!! What are we going to do? A lovely woman "hearing" our plight recommended for us to try a Blockbuster Video Store that is down the street from Wal-Mart! Why surely they will have it right? So in order to get Ava to leave the store, we explain that we will be going to a store nearby to get the movie for her! Well don'tcha just know it "I'M SORRY MAM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN STOCK RIGHT NOW! WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO ORDER YOU ONE"? As I am smiling at this very nice salesman I am thinking "ARE YOU KIDDING ME, YOU ARE A MOVIE STORE"! But I am actually able to calmly verbalize, "CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I CAN GET ONE TODAY"? So the young man suggests BEST BUY in Metairie! So off we go in the family truckster down the YELLOW BRICK ROAD (O.K. just the 3-10) to Best Buy! On the way into town Ava of course fell asleep. Emma & I got out to go on our adventure quest into the Best Buy! Row by row we go , looking and looking,then all of a sudden Emma yells loudly,"HERE IT IS MOMMA"! "AVA IS GONNA BE SO HAPPY"! So after our purchase of our very own NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK, back to Norco we went! I placed the DVD on Ava's lap so that when she woke up she would be surprised, and she was! We have now seen Wizard Of Oz at least a dozen times, including the beloved BONUS FEATURES!! I guess we've gotten back all of that time & money in just pure enjoyment! Ya can't beat that, Right?