We are going on a long road trip up north to see my family (and meet my brand new nephew and godson Baby Luke!) over Memorial Weekend. And guess what we just bought? One of these:
I always swore to myself that I would NOT buy a portable DVD player for the car. I never had one when I was a little kid and we went on many long car trips. My family traveled in the mini van from Maryland down to Disney World in Florida (TWICE!) and we played Bingo, the license plate game, read magazines, listened to the radio, ate, or slept. Those were the options. And we were FINE. So in my mind, my kids did not need DVDs in the car.
Well, I need to bite my tongue, or eat my words, however you say it. Because “welcome to my car Mr. DVD player! I can’t wait to fill you with a Sesame Street DVD and turn you on! Woohoo!”
Well, here are just some of the other things I thought I would NEVER do when I had kids of my own (but of course now I do them):
- Let my kids play in that germ infested play area at the mall.
- Change my baby’s diaper on one of those germ infested changing stations in the mall restroom.
- Buy my kids a toy or snack as a “bribe” if they will let me finish shopping at the (grocery, Target, book, etc.) store.
- Fill all six slots of my car DVD player with children’s sing-along DVDs.
- Have toys in the living room that are too big for the storage ottoman so they just SIT there. In Full View. All. The. Time.
- Give my kids dessert every night of the week (we were only allowed to have dessert on the weekends when I was little. Maybe that’s why I do this one).
- Take my kids to McDonald’s (I know. WHAT was I thinking?)
So this weekend “Buy a DVD player for the car” will be added to my list of “Things I thought I would never do.” I’ll pop in that DVD right after we stop for lunch at McDonald’s.
