The girls got a lot of Christmas money during the holidays, and since they had quite a lot to open on Christmas Day, I waited until January to do Christmas shopping with them. I write that I waited, but in reality, I was putting in 12 hour shifts at work almost every day of the week, and I just didn't have the time or the energy to take them shopping. This gave me plenty of time to think of where to take them for their Christmas Shopping Extravaganza. My first impulse was Taret or Walmart, but then as the Christmas Season faded, I realized that maybe Toys-r-Us just might be the best place for them to go.
Off we toddled to the toy store. I directed the girls to look at the sale bins to see if they could find a couple of toys for the price of one. Kate and Reagan did a wonderful job and found several dolls and accessories to get. Georgie...not so good. She walked toward the only not-on-sale shelf, found one of those plush puppy dogs made by FAO Schwartz and said, "fuff!" I tried to introduce her to glitz, glimmer, glam and gloss. She looked but kept a tight hold of "fuff!" The light up piano, the laughing baby, the Little-People Plane, the princess doll, the Baby's First Computer...nothing would loosen her hold on "fuff". I groaned and wondered how much it would cost. Probably not more than $20, right? Let's just say that Kate got 3 toys, Reagan found 4 and Georgie's 1 "fuff" cost more than all those put together. It was so tempting to make her put it back, but she nuzzled her nose against his furry back and closed her eyes at just the right time...we bought "fuff".
That was over 2 months ago. "Fuff" goes with her everywhere. She grabs him before we take her out of her crib. She puts him on the table when she sits to eat. She throws him onto the couch before she clambers up to sit with him. She sleeps with him. She cries her owies to him. She holds him while we buckle her into her carseat. I guess I can't say that about all the toys Kate and Reagan found.
I guess FAO Schwartz knows what they are doing...making toys that kids LOVE...not toys that kids play with.
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