R-E-C-A-L-L
so tonight when i’m watching the ever friendly, yet-not-really-comforting-in-a -peter-jennings-kind-of-way charlie gibson, i heard the dreaded news: maybe the deadliest toy on the market. HUH? you have my full attention Charlie, because please oh please, don’t let it be….crap, lisa stark is screaming at me about this thing, this thing that causes kids to get sick…
AQUA DOTS.
are you kidding me? seriously? aqua dots recalled? i mean, its been the ONLY THING he’s wanted for 6 months. asking daily for the last 4. DAILY. tried to use the phone and call the 1-800-number.
i pause the TV (DVR is a wonderful thing) and call him in so he can see that its not MOM-BEING-MEAN-AGAIN, that really, truly, they’re not safe right now and we’ll have to wait until they make them safe (please,rob, tell me you’re making them safe). we went through the appropriate emotional roller coaster- anger (“how can they do this to ME?”), denial (“mom, its cool, because i won’t eat them, i’m smarter than that”), depression (they’ve RUINED MY LIFE!!!), and finally acceptance (or is that stony silence?)
and the awful thing is that i spent 1.5 hrs at target yesterday getting them. with a screaming 2 yr old in my buggy. cole’s other gifts were structured so that the aqua dots WOULD BE the crowning gift and most memorable moment of his newly minted 6 yr old life.
aqua dots- the holy grail. and a glow in the dark refill- grail-ets (or is that grail-refill?).
so back to target i went, sans screaming baby, to find a suitable substitute- (shout out to rob, who was kind enough to respond to my email in a kindly way).
we (being me and my little voice in my head) got him a leapster. with a batman -math learning game…
shhhh- don’t tell him its educational. please. he can’t take the stress…or any more ruining of his life.
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