This is so brilliant; I don't know why I didn't think of it! But while you're digging through crowded toy chests (and your floors, let's be honest here) to root out recalled toys, why not take the opportunity to also divest yourself of some other toys that make the cut as far as safety goes but are just loathsome to you for other reasons?
Myself, I would get rid of the lovely wooden fruits and vegetables that with two kids were ingredients for wonderful gentle picnics and tasty kitchen creations, but in the hands of Eric have become projectile missiles. And Candyland. That would definitely go, with me laughing manically while gleefully tossing it into the trash can. And the huge rocking horse of Serena's that she never rides but for whom we must maintain a stable. In the computer room. And 2/3 of the stuffed animals who live here. I don't care which ones.
This is so cathartic!
(Sorry kids, all this stuff has been "recalled".)
So, what about you? Will you join me in taking back our houses from stupid toys we didn't want in the first place? Or toys we once liked but have grown to hate now that we know their true personalities? Join me in collectively LYING TO OUR KIDS?
You know you want to. You can taste the freedom already, can't you?
What will you get rid of?
