Not a big shopper, in combination with big promoter of Nick Noggin, commercial-less TV, I was apparently out of the loop regarding the new cool thing. Sing-a-ma-jigs. So, when one showed up as a birthday present for Ben, I had no idea what it was or how addictive a freaky looking stuffed animal with a hair band for a mouth could be. One squeeze of the belly and it starts jibber jabbering. Squeeze the hand to change modes and now it is singing a song. Long after the kids lose interest, you sit there, squeezing the stomach in the perfect rhythm to have each syllable of the song timed as it should be. Every squeeze the next syllable comes. Singamajig doesn't miss a beat. Squeeze their hand once more and you have access to a scale of notes that, when paired with another in the same mode, belt out in perfect harmony. We have two in our house and while the kids were playing whatever version of battle below, mom sat upstairs in the room, taking a break from wrapping presents, making two quazi-bears sing. You have to wonder who thinks of these things. They are attractive by no means and the synthesized voices bear no resemblance to reality and yet, one squeeze is all it takes to suck you in. Perhaps genius and madness are only a thin line apart after all because only crazy or brilliant created this thing. Either way, I'm sold. Follow the robotic sound of Clementine and there I will be. Oh..my...dar...ling...oh...my...dar...ling... Nite...nite...
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I don't understand the obsession with these things, but they are cute. And seeing papa sitting in his chair laughing as he played with one was hysterical. And so, one showed up in his stocking on Christmas morning.
My obsession remains with angry birds and those smirking little pigs. How can you destroy the pigs when they have helmets on? Krystina did give me more instructions today on what the birds do. I had gotten through 20 levels without this knowledge: touch the blue bird and it turns into three birds, and touch the yellow bird and he goes really fast. Makes passing a level much easier.
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