Everything Old is New Again

Or, are there just a tonne of timeless things? My children are Sonic the Hedgehog fans currently. As an incentive to sleep in his room, my son picked a Sonic race car as his prize.

He earned it today.

Hotwheels have been around for decades, as have Barbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Cabbage Patch Kids, Lego, Play Mobil and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. These are toys my kids play with. These are toys my husband and I played with. If my parents had not gotten rid of a bunch of stuff when they moved from Manitoba to Ontario in the late 90s, we would have had a lot more toys for our kids to play with.

Best of all, we just bought one of those punching balloons for the kids. My husband is hoping they will use it to vent their frustrations instead of hitting each other. I think, growing up, we had one that looked like a clown. The new one is obviously from this era. The kids like it, but it might cause more issues than solve the hitting problem. Already, they started fighting over it, and hitting each other with the rebound.

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