"I want that"

The downside to watching regular television (including Animal Planet) are the commercials.  It's doubly-bad when we can't fast forward through the commercials with the trusty TiVo.

It was cute for a while when Sebastian would exclaim, "I want that, the purple one," and point to the Mr. Clean commercial.  I'm more than happy to fulfill this particular capitalistic desire as long as he gets a sponge and a bucket to go along with it.

Now that we're in Christmas consumerism overdrive and many retailers are pushing for early holiday sales (before everyone loses their jobs, houses and gas jumps to over $4/gal.) the sheer volume of commercials pimping the latest and greatest toys are overwhelming.

"I want that."

"I want that."

I'm trying to look at the bright side in that these commercials give me ideas for birthday and Christmas presents.  I have to keep reminding myself that more Elmo videos aren't going to cut it and play-dough, while still a treasured favorite, is getting pushed to the side in favor of Transformers and Tinkertoys.

That said, I'm accumulating a list of "wants" for Birthday and Christmas gift ideas.  On the left-hand side of this blog you'll see an Amazon wish list which contains the items Sebastian has been clamoring for.

I'm not advocating that items should be purchased from Amazon, this list is merely a service in your search for the gift to beat all gifts.