Tremblin' Toads

I don't know if they still do it, but at holidays Hallmark used to put out these animatronic stuffed animal type things that sang a song and danced when you pressed a button for $12.95 if you bought three greeting cards. My mother loves these things and never fails to get me one when they have a new one. Last year at Halloween they offered tremblin' toads, two little toads in a cauldron that sing and dance about the witch cooking them up for dinner. Owen LOVES it, and he likes to press the button and dance to the song. It's so cute that we had to take a video of it - but of course, the minute we got the phone out to record, he stopped. Just so you know, this happens all the time. I fully intend to capture a moment for posterity and then can't get him to do anything cute at all. However, we did get a reduced version of the song and dance, so here it is: and if he starts doing it later this evening the way he was doing it when we took it out of the box this afternoon, I'll post a new one.

Actual Conversation that Occured at 55 Cerdan Ave This Evening

Me: well, I guess I have to go to the grocery store tonight.

Andy: yeah?

Me: yeah, I looked in the fridge and the cabinets and we don't have much food. I have to pack Owen a lunch tomorrow and we don't have anything he likes to eat. And he's going to have to eat Wednesday and Thursday, too.

*pause*

Andy: yes, honey. he has to eat every day.

Me. I know. Parenting is so hard.