Dallin, my sweet, sweet boy, turned 4 today. He is such a fun little boy! A few weeks after Christmas, he said to me, "I want jammies with a zipper and a snap with spiderman and superman and batman and power rangers..." and every other superhero he could think of. I thought that was cute, but figured he would forget about it. As it got closer to his birthday, any time someone would mention it, he would say he wanted those jammies. Not once did he ask for a toy. Sometimes he said he wanted all the Little Critter books, and once or twice he asked for a second Hot Wheels race track (he got his first one for Christmas), but he told everyone (including the clerks at the store, who would look at me really confused) about how he was going to get those jammies. He really had his heart set on those jammies, so I figured I should start looking. You know, it's really hard to find those blanket sleepers in his size. They didn't have them at Walmart, or Kohl's, or Target. I couldn't find any good ones on Ebay or Amazon. Target had a few online, but they were designs like dinosaurs or skulls and cross bones. They had one Buzz Lightyear, but I wasn't sure if Dallin even knew who he was. I started thinking about making him one, but patterns are expensive if they aren't on sale, and fleece, especially the licensed characters fleece, is pricey too, plus the long zipper, etc. This was a real dilemma for me.
A few weeks ago, Dallin had a family birthday party combined with his cousin, who is two weeks older than he is. His aunt gave him a Buzz Lightyear fleece blanket with a large, plush Buzz. He really liked playing with it and started talking about Buzz. (Thank you Debby!) I bought the buzz jammies right away and paid top dollar for them so Dallin would have something he really wanted. I kept searching for cheap blanket jammies so he could get a couple, seeing as he really wanted 10! I found some online at K-mart for 1/2 price, just generic prints. They supposedly had them in store here so I rushed off to get them. I searched everywhere and found the last three boys sleepers in the store. They weren't the ones on the website. They were spiderman and spongebob, two in Dallin's size and one in Caden's, and they were 75% off! Dallin really enjoys matching Caden, so I got all three. It was really fun watching him open each present this morning. He really loved his jammies and has wore all three today. I think he went to bed in his Buzz ones.
Yes I know Dallin's cake is pink with flower sprinkles on it, but considering it was wheat, dairy, egg, and chocolate free, I think it turned out pretty well. But that's another post.
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