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mistakes of christmas past
By heather | December 29, 2008
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Mistake #1: Handing over the entire bottle of sugar sprinkles to two-year-old elf helper.
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Mistake #2: The first present the Play-Doh obsessed toddler opens is…Play-Doh. Attempts to get him to open other presents are then futile, and met with cries of, “NOOOOOoooo! Pi-doo! Pi-doo!”
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Mistake #3: Minutes after opening the beloved fuzzy, squishy sheep she totally spit up all over it. How to wash?
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Mistake #4: Cheap, likely-made-in-China wrapping paper, printed with what surely is a mixture of toxic coloring and formaldehyde makes a cute, festive picture in baby’s mouth, but is likely not the wisest choice of chew toys.
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Mistake #5: Please note the wire poking up out of the toy, dangerously close to baby’s eye. It has since been removed with a combination of tugging, band-aids, and wire cutters. (The wire, the WIRE! NOT the eye.)
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Mistake #6: These effing things were $30 and I AGONIZED over getting them because I thought that was WAAAAY too much. But two months ago Alex played with them at gym class and I literally had to PRY them out of his sticky, clutching fingers when the class was over. I reasoned that if I was going to splurge it would be at Christmas so I bought them.
“Pfft”, says Alex, “Bring on the Play-Doh.” And also? The new price on these plastic pieces of shit is $13.79. (I’ve already voiced my complaint to Amazon.)
Topics: Alex, EK, holidays, lists! | 4 Comments »
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December 29th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Where’s the meltdown picture???
I was afraid to wash the little J-dog’s lovey toy for the longest time, but it’s been through the wash about twenty times now and still looks good. I say throw it in the machine!
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December 29th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I hate playdough with the fire of a thousand burning suns. That crud gets EVERYWHERE!
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December 29th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
This is the most informative Christmas post I’ve seen this year!
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December 30th, 2008 at 11:34 am
At least you’re learning…but EK will be the toddler next year taking Alex’s place. Ashlyn wasn’t very interested in the presents either. She was only interested in her dinner…
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