A chance to wear a Spider-Man costume in March, a fun gold coin and a couple of dollars for candy all led to 3-year-old Lincoln Danz having the best day ever.
The toddler and his mother, Bethany Danz, of Riverview, were visiting Michaels in Woodhaven on March 20 and a series of events fell into place to make it a memorable outing.
The child convinced his mother to let him wear his Spider-Man costume because, she said, he didn’t want to be Lincoln that day.
Just for the day, he wanted to be Spider-Man.
Little Lincoln immediately stole the attention upon entry at Michaels.
An employee spotted him and without conversation or hesitation engaged the youngster in a little fantasy battle of web spinning.
According to his mother, the employee fixed her hands as if she was also the Marvel superhero and spun an invisible web at the boy.
The exchange went on for some time.
Lincoln was totally captivated by the employee’s willingness to play along with his imaginary superpowers.
Danz was appreciative of the effort put into entertaining her son.
The employee gave Lincoln a gold coin, which had no monetary value, but was priceless to the youngster.
Once in the checkout lane, Danz began chatting with a woman in front of her shopping with her daughter.
They talked about raising children and the different things they like.
That’s when Lincoln put on the pressure for Danz to buy him some candy.
He had his eye on some flavored Tootsie Rolls.
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