It’s Time to Think Outside
By GlindaNot outside the box, just about outside. You know, the place your kids go to burn off that extra energy and for you to keep your sanity.
And let’s face it, they need to get outside, just as you need to relax with your iced tea and some Oprah.
Let’s take a gander at some of the newest in outdoor toys.
The Pulse Kick n’ Go Xcelerator has a lever in the back that enables the rider to push down on it frantically in order to whoosh down the street. Unlike regular scooters, they never have to put their feet on the ground to get it going. This looks like great exercise, actually, and I might buy it just to make sure the Munchkin falls asleep within ten minutes of going to bed.
Adventurous types only need apply for this next one:
The Xlider (because apparently it isn’t cool unless there’s an X in front of it) is an “independent foot stance skateboard.” This roughly translates to: “Be ready to take your child to the emergency room on a moment’s notice.”
And for the athletic poser in the family comes the Grafeeti Shoe:
Because our kids don’t have enough things to distract them, shoes that you can write on have been invented. The special pens can be used for artwork (or whatever) that lasts as long as the owner wants it to. Can also be used as a cheat sheet.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:39 am
As any child with an indelible pen and light-colored shoes knows, shoes are to be written on. My kids wrote on theirs, my youngest still plans to write on hers, and (shhhh!) I wrote on mine, although I don’t plan to tell my children until a grandchild comes home from school with his/her brand-new shoes offensively emblazoned. By saving this disclosure until then, I hope to create a diversion that will save the child’s life.
And congratulations, Glinda, for scooping The Manolo Himself on a shoe item. Perhaps this could be a consolation for the knife-throwing incident.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:45 am
My parents would have KILLED me if I had written on my shoes. It was a thought that never even crossed my mind.
March 27th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I’m with gamma; shoes that can be written on? Oh, you mean SHOES! I did my white Adidas with blue pen through a solid year of math class; they got inked over time like a convict in the hoosegow.
I absolutely, absolutely want that scooter, though. Have you ever ridden a regular scooter? They’re serious exercise; I had to keep changing legs because of exhaustion, and it’s worse when it’s a little undersized, because you can’t lock your knee, ever.