Explain this
Now I've been searching high and low for something simple which may be my mistake. My wife and I figured that between the walking piano the kids got from Laura's Godmother and the constant music that plays in our house , we really didn't want to buy any loud toys for Christmas.
So, one of the things on our list is a Sit and Spin. A friend of mine and his family spent a week or two with us back in April. He has a son who is a little older than the twins, and his Sit and Spin soon became the epicenter for many a pitched battle between the toddler crowd. Needless to say, Mom and I took the hint.
So this is a piece of cake right.... I mean it's a bloody Sit and Spin.... they've been around since Man discovered how to mold plastic. So all we need to do is to hop over to the mall and scarf one up.
Yeah, right.
First, they weren't located in a logical place. Ok, I teach history and don't deisgn retail space, but they were very hard to find. Secondly, apparently the children of the 21st century can't handle sitting and spinning. I guess their brains aren't hard wired properly to deal with such simple joy so all of the ones we saw had lights on them that flashed as you went around (granted, Will's did this too but the batteries were dead). Finally, the Sit and Spin can play all sorts of tunes with various kids' songs designed to drive you bats**t crazy.
Now we visited Toys R' US, KB, Target, and a few others that have blurred into my unconscious mind and there was nothing. Heck, at this point we'll be happy to settle for one that just lights up instead of blarring a poor rendition of Old MacDonald again. We've even been to Ebay looking for this thing without much luck. Obviously, we're not the only parent wanting one that is sans music, since the only ones left have music.
We still haven't reached the depts of despair my mother got to trying to find my brother the first version of Castle Wolfenstein the Christmas it came out, but that's only because the kids aren't asking for the present. Shouldn't this be easy and if I can't track down a #$@%^$ Sit and Spin, what hope do I have with Christmas Yet to Come?
So, one of the things on our list is a Sit and Spin. A friend of mine and his family spent a week or two with us back in April. He has a son who is a little older than the twins, and his Sit and Spin soon became the epicenter for many a pitched battle between the toddler crowd. Needless to say, Mom and I took the hint.
So this is a piece of cake right.... I mean it's a bloody Sit and Spin.... they've been around since Man discovered how to mold plastic. So all we need to do is to hop over to the mall and scarf one up.
Yeah, right.
First, they weren't located in a logical place. Ok, I teach history and don't deisgn retail space, but they were very hard to find. Secondly, apparently the children of the 21st century can't handle sitting and spinning. I guess their brains aren't hard wired properly to deal with such simple joy so all of the ones we saw had lights on them that flashed as you went around (granted, Will's did this too but the batteries were dead). Finally, the Sit and Spin can play all sorts of tunes with various kids' songs designed to drive you bats**t crazy.
Now we visited Toys R' US, KB, Target, and a few others that have blurred into my unconscious mind and there was nothing. Heck, at this point we'll be happy to settle for one that just lights up instead of blarring a poor rendition of Old MacDonald again. We've even been to Ebay looking for this thing without much luck. Obviously, we're not the only parent wanting one that is sans music, since the only ones left have music.
We still haven't reached the depts of despair my mother got to trying to find my brother the first version of Castle Wolfenstein the Christmas it came out, but that's only because the kids aren't asking for the present. Shouldn't this be easy and if I can't track down a #$@%^$ Sit and Spin, what hope do I have with Christmas Yet to Come?
posted by Chuck at 8:59 PM
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