I have been the queen for about a year now. That's about how long it's been since Dustin got really big into wanting a camper. And now with Christmas approaching Josh is just finally noticing my tiara and scepter.
I remember as a child when the JCPenney catalog would arrive and I would spend days going through each page and ogling over all the toys. I would fold down the little corner of just about every page and dream of coming home on Christmas Eve to find all my gifts overflowing from under the tree.
I look at this time of year much differently now that I am a parent. Josh has literally run his marker dry from circling all of the toys on his wish list. I have about 200+ toys on his list and five magazines circled from front to back. Every commercial that comes on I hear, "I want that, Mom. Circle that for me, okay, Mom?" Of course every commercial and ad print shows the toy in all its glory. Through experience and age I am now able to see past all the glitter and smiles and see that 99% of this stuff is junk. So without dashing all that is good about Christmas gifts I have begun to say "No" to certain toys in the hopes that by the time we actually open gifts Josh will not be disappointed to see his select few toys.
Even so, he always has his magazine and marker in hand. Every morning he gets out of bed and gives me a hug as I pick out his day's attire. He usually says, "I love you, Mom", but this morning it was "Mom!!! I was just dreaming of all the things I circled!" Then, when I was getting the kids loaded up in the van we couldn't leave the garage until he was properly set up.
And tonight after I put Lauren to bed, Josh and I layed on his bedroom floor and went through all the magazines again, as if he hadn't already done it a hundred times before. I just love to see him get so excited and if I could afford it I'd get him everything he wanted just to see him smile.
In the end, though, I would need to get a bigger house and most of the items would be recalled in a few weeks anyway. Sad, but true.
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