My kids have already started dropping hints for gift ideas for the upcoming holiday season. And by dropping I mean they are telling us. There is no subtly with the 6 and under crowd. Subtly consists of jumping up and down, pointing, and shrieking at the top of your lungs “I WANT THAT!!” Most of the time they have no idea what “THAT” really is, they are just pointing to whatever they are seeing in the store.
I’ve been told several times. “MOMMY, I. MUST. HAVE. AN. ACTION FINGER.” And it’s with the most dramatic sound to their voices, pausing for additional emotive affect as if they are trying not only to get this but also an Academy Award. I mean their dramatics are complete with head rolling to the side and the feeling that if deprived this “fingers” that my child would literally fall to the floor in a ball and be unable to move on from the experience, for at least a whole 15 minutes! 15 minutes is LIKE FOR-EVER in kid time.
And by Action Finger they mean this, not a Finger at all but a Figure:
It’s a Bionicle. And it’s HUGE with the boys. I guess because it looks all robot-alien like and it’s from Lego, I mean you’ve got just about everything a little boy could love in there. Or so my boys tell me. I don’t know, I think they are weird looking.
And you can tell my daughter has very different tastes, given this is her idea of an Action Figure:
Yea, she’s definitely a “girlie girl”. At the same time she’d probably have her Snow White baby beat up the boys Bionicles. So, her “girlie-ness” only goes so far.
Although I’m thinking it would be a lot easier if I could just walk my fingers across the coffee table & call it a day. I mean, HEY, that would be a whole set of “Action Fingers.” Kinda like The Upside Down Show ? Except I’m not sure I could get my kids to be entertained by me just walking my own fingers across the coffee table & coming up with some witty banter but for some reason the guys on that show CAN. I need to figure out how they do that, because really it would be MUCH easier.
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My grandson hwo just turned 3 wants BumbleBee. The transformer. It is just that every yellow car he see’s is bumblebee. won’t be to hard there.
If only it were so easy to entertain them like when they were wee kiddos, the dancing fingers don’t work these days!
How cute! I’m routing for Snow White.
My son’s big into Transformers this year. Oh joy.
Just found your blog and am now following. Great stuff!
LOL! Action finger!
I’m so not ready for more plastic crap in my house and yet it’s inevitable. I suppose it’s worth it to see the kids so excited, but ugh, plastic crap. I’m not sure I’m ready for Christmas yet…
Oh my gosh! THis Santa just bought the Mother of all Fingers- the giant, 50 gazillion piece, 89 dollar Bionicle. What is it with these things? And I have to say I’m pretty impressed with my chimp’s mad skillz at following the directions and assembling these things. It’s good to know that he can follow directions when he wants to.
I got your action finger right here!
Oh yes, the coveted fingers. Sigh. It’s constant around here too with all these commercials!!! AAAHHH
We still have those Bionicles all over the closet!
Action Finger! I love it! That is just too cute. Isn’t it funny what the kids say and they don’t even know what it is they’re saying?
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If you happen to find this illusive “action finger” please write a follow-up post on where those interested can purchase said “finger”…though, my idea of an “action finger” only occurs in 5pm traffic on Friday when I’m trying to get home from work but the guy in front of me has out a map and is on his phone because he hasn’t gotten the memo that they make navigation systems nowadays that will help with his lack of pre-planning skills.
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LOL Ah Christmas, the time where we’re harrassed for stuff, but at least we can say, “We’ll ask Santa.” Evan wants a skateboard, a bicycle, and a punk rocker helmet ( a helmet with a mohawk on it).
It is my son’s bday shortly and I feel that your article has made my thoughts up regarding what I will buy him.