If any of you have ever had the pleasure of walking into a toy room with bare feet, you may have stepped on a Lego or something small enough to send white hot streaks of pain shooting up your nervous system. You hop and fume, you may even spew a bowling word or two. If you live in a house with all girls, the small objects are usually something like a Polly Pocket. It wasn't enough that they created small rubber suits that call for nimble fingers. But no, they created hard plastic clothes that stick to Polly and her plastic faced friends' bodies with magnets.
But alas, there is relief! There is a recall! Now I just have to convince my children that Polly and friends needed to go back to the Grinch's workshop.
Well, I bet you can tell that ain't gonna happen. So I guess that I'll just have to keep the magnets out of their mouths, and the hard clothes off the floor.
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It's just been reported that G.I. Joe has developed severe arthritis in his kung-fu grip!!!!
Ah, the joys of parenting! I have 3 young boys, so no polly pockets in our home. Instead, we get matchbox cars, pokemon, transformers, and GI Joe (with a gun we had to pry from his cold, arthritic fingers!). Still, wouldn't trade 'em for the world.
We have no graduated from trucks and legos to ipod's and cell phones with our twelve year old. These toys are just a little more expensive than the old ones
I love this post!!
Polly has long been an enemy of mine! I've told Claire that what doesn't get picked up is getting swept up in the sweeper! I hadn't considered the recall since she hasn't gotten any new ones in a long time.
Anyhow...thanks for the funny image of you stepping on Polly parts!
love,
r
That is the beauty of small parts. The threat is very real, and the vaccuum is a huge insentive to clean them up!
That toy room will soon be filled with unmentionables, and girl "things" that you as a dad, are too uncool and LOUD to see!~ I am sure Harry baby was sitting around, and caused pain to the foot that stepped on his little chewed up hands :-/ Just a perspective that you overlooked!
The Anti-Christ is either Polly Pocket, Dora the Explorer, or Oprah.
Barb,there is no need to drag Harry Baby's name through the mud. What did he ever do to you!
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
- new parent
Right now our toy room is dora and farm animals and bugs that look way too real. Chris just wait. I can send you some toys now if you want them, and I think Greg would offer some too.
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