Electronic Age

I was browsing Amazon.com on my lunch break today looking for Halloween costumes (yes, we are going to use our little kiddies to get candy from strangers) and as always happens, I got sidetracked. I came across something that I want to try to get Tyler for Christmas - a little music player that he can operate and carry around since he loves to "sing" and dance - and decided to create a wish list in case I can't remember some of the things I want to get them when (ha, if) we actually have money to buy these things. It was a pretty sad state of affairs when I went back and reviewed the list. A toy cell phone (Katie was using a fridge magnet copying us being on our cell phones the other day), a toy remote control, a toy laptop, the music player. You see the theme here - all electronic gadgets we have around our house that we didn't realize until the kids started wanting to play too, that we use soooo much. I don't guess it is a bad thing, but it is pretty telling that when I think about what toys our kids will like I automatically go to the kid version of our grown up toys. I am comforted, though, when I read the reviews and there seem to be quite a few people like us who are happy to report that the remote and keys and phone are similar to the real thing and successfully trick their kids!