Christmas Recap

Christmas this year was a piece of cake. Well....it should have been. The boys very humbly asked for one thing each from Santa. They knew far in advance what they wanted Santa to bring them and there was no deterring from it. If you asked Wyatt what he wanted for Christmas, he'd say as fast as he could in speedy language, "a lego Batcave". If you asked Dax what he wanted he would recite every single word from the commercial, "the Criss Cross Crash race track from Hot Wheels." Man, was I lucky!

I have this thing. If they ask Santa for it, I better well do anything in my power to make it happen because I don't ever want them loosing faith in good ol' Saint Nick. I was pleased as pie that these two things could be found at Target, Wal-mart or Toys R Us and I should have no trouble tracking them down. Little did I know...

The Trio Batcave went on sale at Target the month of November for 50% off. Wouldn't you know there wasn't one in the state of AZ? My sister in law covered at least 10 Targets in CA with no luck and my mom was in Timbuktu Kansas with my sister and couldn't even track one down there. Online was a flop and the two Wal-marts I checked didn't even carry them. It wasn't even Thanksgiving yet and I was feeling doomed. Then, like an angel sent from heaven my sister spotted one at another Wal-mart, and although I payed more than I would have liked, we got it, hid it and I was so happy to cross that off my list.

All the while hunting for this Batcave I had seen the Criss Cross Crash race track a handful of times. But each time my boys were with me and there was no hiding this huge thing in my cart. So, the weeks pass and suddenly, like the lame-o that I am, I go to Target to buy it and it's sold out. As is the case with every Target within a 60 mile radius. Wal-mart doesn't carry it. I am left to facing Toys R Us. Not my favorite. We call and call Toys R Us all around town to no avail. It is now the 22nd of December and Austin and I are in complete panic mode. We laugh at ourselves that we are making ourselves nutso over a silly race track, but like I said. It was the ONE thing he wanted from Santa. I wouldn't be able to face him Christmas morning if Santa didn't bring it! We end up calling a Toys R Us about a half hour away and they have six but they won't hold one for us and neither one of us can get up there until that night. Austin calls when he gets off work and they are gone. UGH! To make matters worse, the race track was on sale (which as pricey as the silly thing was, was a good thing) and when you buy it you get a 10-pack of Hot Wheels cars for free. What a deal, but this is just plummeting our chances of finding one! Our only saving grace at this point was the fact that the week of Christmas, Toys R Us was open 24-hours. Lo and behold I find a store in north Scottsdale, about 50 minutes away, that has four. Austin and I are on our way home from Phoenix from the Forgotten Carols, it's December 22nd, raining cats and dogs, and it's 11:15 at night. He takes the babysitter home, and bless his heart, drives to Toys R Us an hour away and actually gets it! You would think at midnight he would be safe. Oh no! The place was packed! He arrived home close to 2am and we laughed our heads off at the crazy things we do for our kids.

I gotta say, these are the fun stories we can tell our kids about years and years down the road. And Christmas morning sure was magical around here.....for being so simple! HA!