27 Mhz

Wow, what a Christmas. The boys were very excited - but were so tired from a late Christmas Eve party that they slept until 7. They still didn't understand the concept of the stockings, which they skipped in favor of the bigger presents under the tree.

There were a few gifts from relatives that were a little young for them, so I think I'm going to save those for Toys for Tots next year. Just about everything else they got they absolutely love. Its funny, sometimes its the less expensive gifts that they really go for. I got Daniel a LeapPad and Leo a Leapster, and they aren't really too interested in them right now.

Instead, their favorite toys are the remote control monster trucks. I got the first one on a super sale at Kohl's on Black Friday (at 5:30 am!) and it didn't cost too much. Then, later in the day while at Wal Mart, I bought the second one, also on sale. I thought I was smart by getting different types of trucks that they would be able to play with them together (knowing that remote controls for the same kinds of trucks wouldn't allow them both to play at the same time). Well, I was foiled! It turns out that both trucks run on 27 Mhz - meaning that the remote controls for both trucks can run either truck, and that if they are both on at the same time then neither of them can really run their truck separately. I looked back through the instruction book and found that you can also get trucks that run on 49 Mhz. So it looks like I will need to go out and get another truck so that they can play with their trucks together.

Remote Control

So now Leo knows the wonders of remote control vehicles! We were at Tighe's 3rd birthday (son of Jenn, a co-worker of mine) on Saturday and Tighe got a number of new remote control construction trucks. Leo watched him play with them for a while, then asked me if he could try. I told him to ask Tighe, who immediately said, "No, they're mine!" Tighe's daddy Al stepped in and got Tighe to agree to let Leo try one of the trucks - a front-end loader. Leo spent the next half hour running the truck back and forth and lifting the front scoop up and down. He was so absorbed he had tuned everything else out. Luckily he had already had his cake and we were finished with swimming. I got Leo to give it up when Tighe finally asked for the front-end loader back. Al joked that I now needed to stop at Toys R Us to get one for Leo.

So where did I find myself on Saturday night? Why, Toys R Us of course! Unfortunately, they were out of the front-end loaders, and the excavators they had looked really cheap so I ended up not buying one. But next weekend I'm going to head out to a different Toys R Us in search of the front-end loader.