Wordless Wednesday: Agent Super JSL Buzz Lightyear Captain America
(Pssst…. His secret identity is JSL.)
The Brother P-Touch Durability Test
With two boys home all summer, keeping the house organized can be quite a challenge. Some days it seems like all of the effort we put into cleaning and putting items away are undone when Hurricanes NHL and JSL blow through. Thus, I was very interested in seeing how the Brother P-Touch system could help.
The first part of this review campaign was a durability test. As you can see, a box was sent to me wrapped in caution tape.
Inside was a sponge, scrub brush, abrasive soap, a wipe soaked in nail polish remover and a piece of plexiglass with a label attached.
First, I scrubbed as hard as I could with the brush.
Next, I added some soap (mixed in water) and let it soak for a bit. Then, I wiped it off with a sponge.
The label didn’t show any sign of wear, so I used the scrub brush a bit more.
There was still nothing, so next up was the nail polish remover.
Besides smelling bad, there was still no sign that I had done anything to the label.
I’m definitely intrigued. I put this label through abuse that should have removed it or at least scratched it. Instead, the label held up. If it can hold up to scrub brushes and abrasive chemicals, it might just stand a chance against two young boys.
Disclaimer: I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Brother P-Touch and received a product and gift card to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.
DS Punishments
Over the weekend, we did some shopping. We went to Dick’s Sporting Goods to look for some shoes, we went to Border’s to look for bargains and we went to Target to get some needed groceries/clothing.
In Target, however, NHL began to complain. This wasn’t just a normal whine, though, it began to turn into yelling at me and being disobedient to make a point. B took the shopping cart with JSL while NHL and I went to the car. Actually, we first stopped outside the store in the hopes that I could get him to calm down. When this didn’t work, we went to the car.
NHL wasn’t out of the woods, though. During his scream-fest, I told him to calm down or else. When he pushed the “else”, I told him that he wouldn’t get the book he had just bought from Borders. He didn’t seem to care so I also took away the puzzle he had gotten. This didn’t make a dent in his attitude so I brought out the big guns. I told him he couldn’t play the Nintendo DS.
Now, *this* got a reaction. I wrote about his Games Addiction last week and it is still very much in force. NHL *loves* playing his DS. If he had his way, he’d go through the entire day casting Lego Harry Potter spells. So losing the DS for the weekend was a big hit.
At the car, NHL sat in silence. When he was fully calmed down, we went back into Target. We checked the registers and then walked all around the store, but, unfortunately, we couldn’t locate B and JSL. Finally, we decided to wait for them at the car. As we approached, I saw them waiting for them at the car for us. Somehow, our paths had crossed without either of us noticing the other.
Later, I’d find out that B had tweeted about “losing” us.
This morning, NHL celebrated the ending of his DS exile with a rousing game of Lego Harry Potter. It wasn’t long before he was triumphantly declaring that he had gotten past Snape and could make some Polyjuice Potion.
Now This Is A Happy Healthy Breakfast
Aloha Friday: Parental Drinking Games
During NHL’s birthday party, my sister told a story of a trip she, her husband and her kids went on. During the trip, she and her husband tried to keep their children hydrated, but the kids were refusing to drink water. So they tried making it into a little game. This worked well until one of the kids started telling grown-up that their parents played “drinking games” with them.
I began to wonder how a parent drinking game would work. What would the rules be? Take a shot every time Dora, Map or any other Dora the Explorer character repeats themselves? Take a swig anytime you need to yell at your kids to stop fighting? Take another drink anytime you clean a room only to find it messy again 30 seconds later?
Of course, drinking while parenting is probably not the best idea. (Especially if you do shots during Dora the Explorer.) So perhaps you could give yourself “parental drinking game credits” which could be redeemed once the kids are in bed.
My Aloha Friday question is: What rules would you add to the Parental Drinking Game?
Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the linky there if you are participating.
Aloha #101