As an adult you tend to forget what Toy’s R Us was like as a child. I was quickly reminded this weekend seeing Lia play with almost everything in the store. If only she would have had an inventory gun, she could have done the entire store in record time. Come to think about it, the in-store security cameras played at high speed would make Lia look like a worker ant, only not getting anything done.
I figured we would walk in and she would look at a few items and pick one out that she really showed an attachment too and that would also be more of a learning toy for her. Let’s just say it was more like an all out shopping spree, only without the shopping cart. Come to think of it, I don’t even think she blinked the entire time we were there to make sure she didn’t miss out on anything.
When something did catch her eye and it was out of reach for her, she would point to it and exclaim “Uh-Da”. Lucky for me there was a 5 year old translator standing a few feet away letting me know she said “that she wants to see that particular toy”. Well of course I’m not going to stand around and be patronized by a little 5 year old, so I said thank you and told her “I think I saw your parents about to leave the store”. Of course I didn’t tell her that last part, but my imagination did and it was funny to see her arms raised up running off crying “Mommy, don’t leave me!”
Lia and I finally agreed upon a little mermaid ball and a learning piano that helps with counting and plays music for her to dance to. I think the best part of the experience was when I buckled her into her car seat and handed her the ball I just bought for her, she had this incredible smile that looked that exclaimed “You did get it for me!”. When I started the car and looked back at her and thought about the past hour in the store, I realized that Toy’s R Us is sort of like a theme park for kids. I looked back again a few minutes later and she was fast asleep with her arms firmly around her Little Mermaid ball.