Toy ads.....

If you've ever watched a small child watching tv when the commercials come on, you will come to notice that EVERYTHING they see is something that they want. During the gift-y holidays and birthdays, trying to sort out the things that they REALLY want and things that they just thought were kinda cool looking and just said they want because that's what kids do is a bit of a chore..... Then you go to the store with the child and they're pointing to all the things that aren't on the list.... :s
Then after much careful consideration, the crap shoot.... And you purchase the most likely things that they are gonna love.... Sometimes it's a hit, other times.... not so much. o_O
Then there are the toys that tout to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. The kids seem excited about it. YOU get excited about it. You order it and pay for it and it comes to the doorstep. Anticipation mounts as you open up the box and tear away all the packaging material. You finally free the toy from all of it's packaging binds and TADA! The kids have scattered and are playing with the box that the thing came in and are amusing the ever loving snot out of themselves by popping the bubble wrap and the air pocket thingies that was used to pack up the toy.... :sigh:
So, you get the children back on task and you do the reveal again. TADA! But the moment is gone and the TADA moment has long since passed and the appeal of the toy has lost its luster..... Oh well..... such is life.