Are these the best possible presents you could ever possible get for the preschool set (especially in a country where choking hazards and lower-age restrictions on toys aren't necessarily heeded)? Yup, probably.
In our last, crazed moments of America, sandwiched between a 6am flight from Philadelphia to Chicago and a 9pm flight from Chicago back to Tbilisi, Sam and I stopped in at a Target. Giving in to the culture-shock overload that being in a Target can induce, we stared, wide-eyed at the row upon row of beautifully arranged, colorful doodads and gadgets, the unnecessary junk and the much-missed, how-do-we-live-without-these-products goodness. But we were on a mission, so we clutched our Starbucks cups and marched back and forth in search of the things we could afford to buy to bring back for the little kiddos in our Akhalkalaki host family.
And what did we find? Why, jumbo punching balloons and a frog mask and butterfly boppers, of course. Of. Course. Crazy, the things you can find and buy so easily in America. Crazier how novel some of them are here, and how loved they are.
See?
That's love.
I love those punchballs!I used to buy them all the time as party favors when you kiddie were little!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I fully believe that they could be more entertaining to the adults watching their operation than to the kids hitting one another with them, but it might just be a toss up.
ReplyDeleteIronically, I just got a 2 pack of these at Michael's to put in Easter eggs for my kids...I will keep you posted on whether they celebrate the risen Lord by beating the crap out of each other!
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