Parentstrut: Unexpected favorite gift for your kid
Grafwritah
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What I mean is, when you go out and buy some super-magnificent toy for your kids' and they end up playing with the box.Although I will say we had unusually good success this year with regards to toys that both my son and daughter seemed to genuinely like, I was surprised to see them fighting over
Yes, a $2 slinky[/b]. Only my son got one and so that ended up with both of them fighting over what is essentially a metal spring. On top of that, my son spent more time sending the slinky down the stairs than he did playing with his obnoxious lightsaber that he actually asked for (re: my other parentstrut thread).Another hit was
The $1 Hot Wheels Batmobile[/b]. Actually it was less than $1.And not even a real present, my daughter insisted on hauling around her Christmas stocking most of the day.All in all a good Christmas though. Anyone else have any unexpected hits this Christmas?
Yes, a $2 slinky[/b]. Only my son got one and so that ended up with both of them fighting over what is essentially a metal spring. On top of that, my son spent more time sending the slinky down the stairs than he did playing with his obnoxious lightsaber that he actually asked for (re: my other parentstrut thread).Another hit wasThe $1 Hot Wheels Batmobile[/b]. Actually it was less than $1.And not even a real present, my daughter insisted on hauling around her Christmas stocking most of the day.All in all a good Christmas though. Anyone else have any unexpected hits this Christmas?
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My record was, like, 5 stairs. No Hijack.
Ha, yeah, it was kinda hard. I mentioned it to my mom and she said she had seen a thing on tv or something where they interviewed the guy that "invented" the slinky, and he said stairs were a lot narrower back in the day so it worked better.
He may have done 5 or 6 stairs but it was the same problem, the stairs were too wide for it to keep going too long. My stairs have a landing and a turn so it couldn't go too much further than 5 or 6 anyway.
I've seen that. early 00's my son and daughter were all about the random Elmo's but now in the '05 they're all about Dora/Arthur and Star Wars/Batman.