ZHU ZHU Zoo-mania!

Every year there's that one "special toy" that every kid just has to have and every year that one special toy is the one you can't find any where! I swear the stores know what the big hot item is and they purposefully under-order these items just to create a holiday craze! I mean, seriously does someone have to die in the pursuit of a zhu zhu before manufacturers and stores stop creating this insanity?

Anyway, Zhu Zhu pets are the crazy toy item for this year. And I thought Iwas off the hook (since no child of mine had mentioned it).That was until  yesterday when Ashton announced that she wanted one of these little electronic hamsters for christmas and if she didn't get one she'd know just how unloved she was! This is a technique kids have been using on parents since the dawn of time called parental manipulation. This technique has endured for centuries and I'm no stranger to it since I used it shamelessly on my parents when I was a child, and I usually don't give in to this kind of sabatoge but Ashton is the one child I still have to get that one last gift for and she's the difficult one to buy for this year so any clue as to what she wants is going to be heeded. So in short: I'll be standing in line at Walmart in the middle of the night tonight in a pathetic attempt to get Ashy that coveted zhu zhu!

She now owes me big!

A funny little side note on the Zhu Zhu craze: Conan O'brien commented on these little hamsters on his show a few nights ago. He said that You-Tube has an instructional video on how to make your own Zhu Zhu pet with faux fur and a remote control car. Then he said, "Yes this is the perfect way to tell your child, 'mommy and daddy don't really love you.'"
I thought that was quite humorous myself.

I'll have to post an update on the zhu zhu situation. Feel free to leave any helpful tips for me in my comment box.