Pressure is…

NS February 18th, 2009

Trying to put together one of those crappy Kinder Egg toys while your 2-year-old stands over you shouting, “Come on, Mummy! Do it! Come ON!”

How can a toy that is worth approximately .02 pence and undoubtedly made by other 2-year-olds in Taiwanese and Bangladeshi sweat shops be so complicated? Must start steering TNC away from confectionary section at the shop and towards the much safer biscuit aisle. At least I can open a packet of chocolate chip cookies without feeling like a failure.

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8 Responses to “Pressure is…”

  1. # The Brinksteron 18 Feb 2009 at 7:40 pm

    If you want to paint a Death Star I’ll swap. I’m a Kinder-Ninja! :)

  2. # NSon 18 Feb 2009 at 8:49 pm

    @Brinkster – No thanks, you keep the Death Star painting all to yourself! Have you gotten all the paint off the various furnishings yet?

  3. # Tara@Sticky Fingerson 18 Feb 2009 at 10:32 pm

    Hey there. Just visiting from British Mummy Bloggers and thought I’d pop in and say hi.
    I know exactly what you’re talking about with those godawful toys. My two children are obsessed with them like they are some fantastical toy that doesn’t fall apart the minute you try to stand it up. Or breathe near it.
    Impossible to put together when you have what feels like Mars bar fingers!

  4. # mothershipon 19 Feb 2009 at 7:14 am

    Thank GOD they don’t have those damn eggs in California. We may not have Marmite (not without a hunt) but spared the torture of those. I am the opposite expat of you -Brit in US with 2 tiny terrorists also trying to reconcile feminist principles with modern motherhood. Quite hard in land of Disney D-cup princesses.. Come over for a visit. You can put those Kindertoys in my Room 101 of my Own post..
    I’m going to blogroll you now so I don’t forget where you are..

  5. # The Brinksteron 19 Feb 2009 at 8:51 am

    @NS. Sort of. What couldn’t be removed could conveniently turned over out of site but there is a follow-up story to tell about that though that can keep for another day ;)

  6. # Signor Dos Empanadason 19 Feb 2009 at 9:34 am

    Three words….”Daddy fix it”

  7. # andreaon 20 Feb 2009 at 12:30 am

    haha! better you than me! i’m totally baffled when it comes to the simplest kid things. good thing signor swooped in and saved the day. ;)

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