The cynical crayon
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My kids love My Little Pony! Something about those little plastic horses makes them really happy. The other day I went to Walmart and discovered that they make a fake version of them. Score!
Instead of paying 10$ for a little plastic toy. I can pay $1 for a little plastic toy. My kids can’t tell the difference and I get to save some cash.
Win-Win!
My son took all the blocks so my daughter had to improvise. Behold the book castle.
This toy almost drove me to the brink. When I bought this for my daughter it was on demo mode. Which is code for this f**king toy isn’t going to shut up until you get it out of the box. This stupid little pony kept yammering away.
After a few minutes it finally shut up. Then on the car ride home it started up again. Each time I drove over the slightest bump it would start talking. Luckily it was short ride home, otherwise Pinkie Pie was going to fly out the window!
When I was little (8-9 years old) these games were quite possibly the most fun/awesome/infuriating things you could play.
I used to play this game on long car rides. You would get so close to achieving the coveted Tic-tac-toe, Then boom! You go over a bump and you’ve got to start all over again.
Lucky for me my Mom hung on to this gem! I tried using it and it works like a charm. One big difference is that I my hand eye coordination at age 35 is much better now.
Plus the fact that I’m not sitting on the hump in the back seat of my family’s Hyundai Pony, sandwiched between my younger siblings has got to count for something.
More like you know you’re a parent of young kids
OK, this has been bugging me. Why does ken have underwear moulded to his body? Barbie doesn’t have any. What’s up with that? I have to say Naked Barbie dolls are quite possibly the freakiest looking things ever. They are these bizarre humanoid creatures with startling proportions and creepy dead eyed expressions…Ugh these dolls give me the creeps. Why do they make them like this?
My friend gave me a tip about some adorable stuffed animals. At $2 a piece I couldn’t resist. The kids love them and have now named them.
From left to right Woofer,Emily,Gronky& Pigly
Can you guess which toys were named by the 2 1/2 year old and which ones were named by the almost 4 year old?
My cats refuse to use their cat beds! The little buggers sleep on everything except for their beds.
This is what happens when the kids are playing together nicely. They made a “creature pile” LOL! How do they come up with this stuff?
Hello everyone, this is Maga. This was a gift from my husband back when we were dating. We met working at a grocery store. The store sold food CDs,cosmetics and toys!
I’m not sure why he got this for me? Maybe he remembered that I love elephants or perhaps I mentioned that I thought the thing was cute. In any event I hung on to him.
Fast forward 15 years later and this is one of my sons favourite toys. He drags it around the house and cuddles with him. The elephant is almost as big as he is and definitely isn’t light. For whatever reason he has named him Maga.
Personally, I would have gone with Ellie but that’s just me. Now I get a little verklempt when my son plays with Maga. Who knew that a plush pachyderm from my husband, would turn out to be a fuzzy friend for our son?
