My Scrat

So the other day when we were cleaning the front room, I gave Hyrum the assignment to clean up the Power Rangers. He was in the general vicinity of most of the Power Ranger toys, but had something tiny in his hand and a look of mischief on his face. So I asked him what he had, and he said: "I playing with my Scrat." I had to laugh.


Lately we have been watching Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs WAY TOO MUCH. But it has been a great potty training motivator for Hyrum, so I figure it's better than him eating candy all day long. Anyway, the crazy squirrel in Ice Age is named Scrat, so he was pretending this toy was Scrat. I thought it was funny, because that toy squirrel came with Princess Aurora doll. It's fun to see the kids using their toys creatively.


Since I'm feeling a little squirrely tonight, let me share another squirrel moment. Last summer when I would go to garage sales, I would usually end up buying the kids some small toy. It made going to garage sales enjoyable for them and for me :) Anyway, Samuel insisted on getting the most bizarre looking toy. It was a knight riding on some creature. And the toy didn't look like it did anything cool, so I tried to talk him out of it, but he insisted that THIS was the toy he wanted. It was only a dime, so I let him get it.

Last week, this toy resurfaced and I was thought (again) - what a bizarre toy, we should throw this out - when I had a revelation - - - this was a "McDonald's Happy Meal" toy for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian!! (This is another movie that Hyrum will pick as a potty reward and we have been watching A LOT lately.)

In the movie, Octavius rides on a squirrel, and that's what this toy was!! How funny that I finally figured out WHAT the toy was... Sadly, the toy still serves no purpose and is still on my "things to throw out" list :) Oddly enough, the toy has disappeared again so I can't throw it out, or take a picture to show you...