7and8

-Not clean

-Clean

-Vacuum clean

Once every two or three weeks I request the room be vacuum clean so I can go in to vacuum with out sucking up a tie fighters yield of LEGOs.  On normal days we simply request that they clear a path to the bed and window so we can shut the shades and give snuggles at bed time without embedding LEGOs into our soles like some freak Danish coming of age ritual.

I have known for some time that toys are bought for the parent not the kids.  So I will take responsibility here and now and say we have too much crap.   A garage sale is coming, or grand donation or a lot of recycling.

The worst of it is the fast food kids meal toys.  This stuff is a blight on the planet.  I know there is a race to make a car that runs on happiness and jellybeans but in the meantime McKindys pumps out a metric ton of plastic every minute.

The frustration you read here is frustration at myself for thinking things like, "if we find the Yoda & Kybuck with the exclusive collector coin from the clone wars cartoon we'll only have two yodas but will replace the lightsaber 7and8 lost 2 minutes after getting the first one."

Add to this that when the kids get tired of their toys they play with empty boxes and sticks and have a fabulous time doing it.  Seriously how much of a chump am I?

Let's hope I can adjust this behavior.