Blasted Plastic
I think parents need to revolt. Petition. Refuse to buy the product anymore. Whatever it takes to bring about change. If we would all work together, we could bring some sanity back to the world. Of what am I speaking, you ask? The awful, offensive, vulgar, impossibly complicated packaging of small toys these days. Few things in my life can frustrate me as quickly as trying to open a new toy for my children. Just tonight I experienced the cruelty of the toy packaging masterminds once again. We just finished up our first quarter of homeschooling and my middle child completed a successful first quarter of kindergarten. That deserves a prize! (And lest you forget, MAMA deserves a prize for that as well, but I don't think the spa has an office in the toy department of Target.) The girls had a small sum of discretionary spending cash burning through their pockets (and I know, I know...some of you will take offense at the idea of rewarding success at school with a gift. It should...