There are so many things about parenting you learn on the fly. For example, how you really need a dinosaur taco holder. My spouse is a sucker for Amazon's "add-ons," small items that are priced cheap if added to larger orders. It's the internet shopping equivalent of endcap displays. And I'm a sucker for encap displays.
An Amazon box arrives and out pops Tricerataco. It's a dinosaur. It holds your tacos! First, a fight ensues because my husband bought only ONE taco holder and we have two toddler boys. TW wins out, but of course now his request is for me to make him a taco.
"Timothy you just had lunch," I said. "Are you sure you want a taco?"
"Yes, taco in the dinasour."
So, I whip up some quick bean and cheese tacos, place them on Tricerataco. Timothy sits it down next to him, just to look at. He really didn't want to eat a taco, but you can't have a dinasour taco holder without a taco.
Can these be used for anything else? Absolutely not. The dinasour would consider it an act of aggression and will attack. I had to do a lot of cajoling just to let it wear a soft taco as opposed to the crunchy taco it is accustomed to. "Mexican tacos don't really crunch," I told him.
Can a home with toddlers survive without one? Absolutely not! And any parent that doesn't rush out and get one should be reported to CPS.
Do we need another one? Absolutely! A second Tricerataco taco holder is on its way, along with a Brontosaurus ladle and T-Rex serving fork. Because, ya' know, we are good parents and we only want what's best for our kids. And we are suckers for dinosaurs and deals.
An Amazon box arrives and out pops Tricerataco. It's a dinosaur. It holds your tacos! First, a fight ensues because my husband bought only ONE taco holder and we have two toddler boys. TW wins out, but of course now his request is for me to make him a taco.
"Timothy you just had lunch," I said. "Are you sure you want a taco?"
"Yes, taco in the dinasour."
So, I whip up some quick bean and cheese tacos, place them on Tricerataco. Timothy sits it down next to him, just to look at. He really didn't want to eat a taco, but you can't have a dinasour taco holder without a taco.
Can these be used for anything else? Absolutely not. The dinasour would consider it an act of aggression and will attack. I had to do a lot of cajoling just to let it wear a soft taco as opposed to the crunchy taco it is accustomed to. "Mexican tacos don't really crunch," I told him.
Can a home with toddlers survive without one? Absolutely not! And any parent that doesn't rush out and get one should be reported to CPS.
Do we need another one? Absolutely! A second Tricerataco taco holder is on its way, along with a Brontosaurus ladle and T-Rex serving fork. Because, ya' know, we are good parents and we only want what's best for our kids. And we are suckers for dinosaurs and deals.
