In October we went to the Pumpkins in the Park event in San Jose. It was cute, but Hank was bored with most of the booths and wanted to focus mainly on asking to jump in the bouncy house a million times. He got to bounce several times then he was super hot and needed to cool off with apple juice. He chugged this bottle in no time flat.
We lured him away from the bouncy houses and headed over to this strange lunar module thing.
Then we checked out a booth that had animal skeletons. Looking back, I have no idea what all this was doing at the event. It looks a little weird now.
The event was on the lawn of the Children's Discovery Museum so we headed over to the Museum steps to let the kiddos eat the lunches we packed. Hank looks spent.
Mom, Charlotte & Ruby
Hey - what's that over there. I've had enough of my lunch, I think I'll take off running. Oh you guys are ready to leave now? Too bad.
Hank then ran to the museum and asked for us to buy him a toy from the gift shop. We told him no and in an attempt to get him to the car ASAP because we really were ready to go, we promised to stop at Target and let him get a small little toy. Why we did this, I cannot say, since it's pretty out of character for us but all I can remember is the words came out of our mouths and then there was no pulling them back in. Hank seized on them and then proceeded to hustle to the car and ask us over and over if we were almost to Target to get his new toy. Such persistence!
So...on the way home, we stopped at a Target and Hank somehow made out with Buzz Lightyear. Not exactly the small little toy I had in mind when we went in to the store, but who knows how these things happen really?? Hank was so thrilled. Buzz's wings popped out and that was all Hank ever wanted in a Buzz.
And then Buzz broke a few hours later. For a toy that costs $17, you'd think it could handle a two year old opening and closing the wings rapidly for hours on end. Hank was beside himself. So sad and totally unable to understand why Buzz didn't work. So the next morning Brett and Hank got to Target right when it opened in search of a replacement toy. Brett had to sell Hank on why we couldn't get Buzz again (since I was super annoyed at it breaking I didn't want it again). They came home from the store with this crazy Dinosaur Train thing. I laughed my head off when they walked in the door with this thing and it's 50 pieces. Or however many it has. All I know is this toy has a lot of pieces.
Brett and I laughed at this toy debacle for weeks. Every time we saw the battery operated Dinosaur Train crawling through the house we would crack up. It was a fun little outing that turned into Hank scoring a big Dinosaur Train toy. How did this happen?!? I think this is a prime example of how even though as parents we try to do the right thing, set expectations, have rules, don't spoil our kids, etc...sometimes we break down and buy a big stinking toy for no reason at all!
The funniest thing of all is that Hank talks about that broken Buzz a lot. He ended up getting another Buzz later in the fall and Hank plays with him constantly. He will often tell me "Mom, this Buzz doesn't have wings that pop out. My old Buzz broke."
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