I am never a woman with few words. But I think the story of what happened last weekend may not really require any explanation.
45 minutes later…..(yawn)
2 hours later…..
WTFT?!?!? (What The French Toast?!)
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March 8th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
nice!
I would have loved that toy when I was a kid.
March 8th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
lol - and they made dad do all the work?? or it was a safety thing - like my kids would have just smashed it to smithereens in a couple whacks and they’d be going, **WHAT?? only SMASHED TOYS??**
cool toy/project
March 8th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Just plain adorable. I’ll take the husband AND the kids! If you can’t bear to part with those, gimme the dang camera!!!
March 8th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Hahahahahahaha! That is priceless!
March 8th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Yeah, my boys would have gotten Daddy’s BIG “BaBa” and cracked that sucker open and been equally disappointed…love it! BTW, those safety glasses are way cool!
March 8th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
There are similar, buried dinosaur-bone toys out there that you get to put together after you dig them out… maybe that be a little more rewarding for the boys.
March 8th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I love the picture where they are curious but look from the distance to see what happens next. Adorable!
March 8th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Precious!
March 8th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Oh How adorable. Look at those two standing at a safe distance. The little one is holding on to his bear.. .sooo cute
March 8th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
OOOh, very cool picture
The boys are curious but look from a distance to see what will happen next.
Very, very nice….
I like nice pictures
March 8th, 2008 20.15 Amstelveen.
March 8th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
wow. lotta work for not so much…
the kids look disappointed - i can’t blame them
but
i love the moment - the daddy time
the experience
still, whata sucky treasure
but whata nice family
March 8th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
How very cute. But all that work and no tasty treasure!
They are learning about dinosaurs at Sonny’s pre-school and they had something similar to let the kids excavate. Instead of the buried treause there were small bones, which they had to put together. But it took a lot of hammering and spraying with water to loosen the dirt.
March 8th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
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March 8th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Oh, those expressions… priceless!!
March 8th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Wahahaha!! The look on your boys’ faces…priceless! =p
March 8th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I thought mine were cute at that age, but yours are unspeakably cute!!
I have a pic with such a look and cherish it to this day: the kind of look that says it all and cannot be described
March 8th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Hey, we did that dig thingie too… but 6 year old whacked the heck out of it and got to the treasure (with sand ALL over our backyard)
March 8th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Lol!! I remember doing those treasure digging kits! The surprise is never as good as chocolate though lol.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
The expression on the boys faces is absolutely priceless!! Fantastic series..
Simone
March 8th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Didn’t you just want to cry for them when they found the ( I use the word loosely!) “treasure”? They look soooo disappointed…poor babies…and poor Scott.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
ha..ha..what did you have to do to console them?
March 8th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
thanks for the chuckle… I needed that. It is said that a picture may convey a thousand words. Your sons expressions post the wtft is equivalent to Dostoevsky’s finest works!
Oh and I’ll be using the french toast thingy too… nice touch for those of us with 4 year olds running about.
March 8th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
LOL. Oh, I can sympathize. My 4 year old’s well meaning Aunt gave us the “Dig for Dino’s version. Compressed “rock” block to chisel through all the prehistoric eras. So far after 2 hours of chiseling I haven’t made much progress or found a single dino. Oh the things we do for the kiddos!
March 8th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Thanks for a good laugh. :0)
March 9th, 2008 at 12:09 am
he-he..it was actually great that you didn’t bribe your kids with chocolates
i should try that with my son.
March 9th, 2008 at 12:56 am
hilarious! looks like all the “boys” were having fun!
March 9th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Jaden - u need an omni-cam ’cause, being a boy myself, this u capture, i tell u, never ends!!!!
Wait 4 the expressions when u can no longer read their minds! Like that could ever happen; i’m 45 (this year) and my mom still treats me like i’m 10! I think she will 4 ever.
March 9th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Ha ha i remember my daughter had the same kit years and years back and my hubby helping with her too
March 9th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Okay, now I get why he was wearing the Superman glasses last night.
We had a lot of fun. Thanks again.
March 9th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Ha! That is SO funny. What The French Toast is that all about???
March 9th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
:-DDD (words not needed)
March 9th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
And with that post, my biological clock sped forward 5 years.
Adorable.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
The looks on your boys’ faces are priceless. A lame treasure, indeed. And your husband is a trouper to do all the grunt work for them.
March 9th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
I wish I had toys like that when I was a kid! But nooo…they got me books instead.
Your kids are adorable!!
March 9th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
lol, this reminds me of a scene from the movie “A Christmas Story” –be sure to drink more Ovaltine!
March 9th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
hahaha! your kids are so cuteeeeeeee! thanks for making my day.
March 9th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Aw! All your boys are too adorable! Love your sons’ expressions when they find the treasure chest with no chocolates…hahahaha!
March 9th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
let me create one where my sous chef gets the credit card bills in a mini treasure box WAHAHHAA cant wait to see how he’ll react HOHOHOHO (i’ve purchased some fab vintage dresses for spring 2008)
March 10th, 2008 at 1:23 am
LOL!! I’m cracking up over here! What a fantastic toy…although truly lame prizes. I think i might actually buy that for a boy (at heart) I know….
March 10th, 2008 at 3:04 am
priceless.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:52 am
LOL poor dad! But I bet he had fun too
And I agree that there should be gold chocolate coins in there!
March 10th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
The boys are cute,
So is their dad;
But no chocolates?!
Mama is mad!
March 10th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
That’s hysterical… It sounds like they like food treasures at the end of their search. I don’t blame them, all this work would make one hungry! Your kids seem awesome - love that ‘less-than-thrilled’ expression on their face.
March 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
aww, that’s too cute! i guess hard work doesn’t always pay off though =(
March 10th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
All that work…For the grown-up?
And not even a Snickers bar inside? I’d be careful of that hammer….
March 10th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
How cute! It looks like fun, but you need a better treasure!
March 10th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Hey… I’m impressed that the little ones are in the “2 Hour” shots… quite the attention span. That woulda been my dad, all by his lonesome, swearing under his breath, LONG after we had all abandoned him.
March 11th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
the photo of your husband with the little mini hammer is hilarious!!!
March 11th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Holy fuhjeezus, sigh. Totally get it. And it sucks. The toys promise so much, the theme is absolutely wonderful, their joys are at an all-time high! And then, you open the box.
The box is more fun. Which is why some times I’ll find myself a refrigerator box, some markers and tell the boys to HAVE AT IT !!! Days of fun what with the help of some carefully placed portholes.
A box.
Biggles
March 12th, 2008 at 5:09 am
ha ha ha ha ha ha…. ROFL… priceless shots jaden
March 13th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Looks like your man is enjoying it more than the kids! You should have made him wear an Indiana Jones hat! :o)
March 13th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
hahaha… great post! No chocolates!?!?! That’s crap!
March 16th, 2008 at 11:47 am
oh I thought there was a kid fashion show going on! hmmmmmm I was so excited but it was not, . . . ..
March 16th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Your two boys are too cute! My own is now a tween and I do miss those days. Kinda. Grandma would give these type of gifts only to burn 2 hours and get .10 trinckets. Never knew which way the wind was going to blow on these “special” prizes. My husband and I would usually end up at Chuckie Cheez or ToysRhell to make up for the dispointment. These are the moments that I truly treasure MY TIME in the kitchen. Love your blog! All the best — L.