November 24th, 2007
Carter has an obsession. It came on suddenly and with vengeance. Sure he’s had strong liking for Dora and Diego before, but this is MORE then that. This car, Lightning McQueen, now rules the roost.
[For those unfamiliar with McQueen, he's the lead character of the Disney Pixar movie Cars. ]
I mean, sure the movie’s cute and fun, even for adults, but when it comes to watching it over and over Every. Single. Night. after dinner, it’s a little much. I swear on Baby Jesus I’ve seen the movie more in the past 2 months then I’ve seen Anything! in my life. Being couch ridden in the evening has no helped my plight; I’m trapped!
After dinner each night Carter washes his hands and asks politely, “Wah McKeen?” (Watch McQueen) repeatedly until he gets the answer he so desires.
Ignore him and the questions come as one long string: “WahMcKeen?WahMcKeen?WahMcKeen?WahMcKeen?WahMcKeen?”
If I’m holding him in my arms when he finally senses that I’m ignoring his question he will softly hold my face in his hands while contorting his head to look me in the eyes and say:
“WahMcKeen?WahMcKeen, Mommy?WahMcKeen?WahMcKeen?Mommy, WahMcKeen?”
A trip to Costco this week, for new tires, resulted in a complete and utter melt down in the toy aisle because I failed to scour the store for any Christmas toys of this fair automobile.
There he was, gleaming in his nice crisp windowed box, a remote control McQueen. Carter was all over that shit like a fat kid on a Smartie. Attempting to pull McQueen into his tiny, yet ruthless grasp, he nearly toppled the entire display.
While he jumped up and down pointing and screeching “McKeen! McKenn! McKeen!”everyone smiled as they passed. But! Once I had enough of standing in the aisle pretending to be as excited as the little ankle biter, all HELL broke loose. As the tears trickled down his face, the customers smiles faded and were replaced with looks of horror. The aisle cleared faster then a public washroom after someone drops a deuce.
Where was his father you’re wondering? Well, in the car and tool aisle of course.
Funny how everyone LOVES your kid until they have a meltdown.
Seriously? Do they have a support group for these obsessed little toddlers?
LOL We’ve all been there hon.
The obsessions never end btw. It may be cars now, in a few months it may change to something else.
Ryan was on a Blues Clues kick for a while, then it was Wiggles….oh that one was bad….EVERYTHING had to be wiggles…and we watched the same video over and over for MONTHS. Right now at least his obsession is something I can handle..Mythbusters.
November 24th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Oooooooh yes, we are Cars fans in this house too. Luckily that movie isn’t half as annoying as others we’ve seen, so I’m ok with it. Kachow!
November 26th, 2007 at 12:11 am
We are also obsessed with Cars. I love it! It’s so much better than Transformers.
My friend, whose children are also obsessed with the movie, and I became somewhat obsessed with buying all of the cars toys (the little cars). We have SO many.
Carter and Matt could totally play.
Seriously, it’s insane in our house with the cars shit. But, I buy into it. And Matt was lightning for Halloween.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:32 am
I’ve been there and I have witnessed it. The latter is harder than being the parent of the child having the meltdown. Its hard to see it and not be able to slap the kid down! Just kidding, its hard not to have pity for the parent and harder to know you can’t help them.
November 27th, 2007 at 1:33 pm