A couple of weeks ago, we took J to Toys R Us to get a Pumper(firetruck). We walked through several aisles all along J looking around going "Ooooh!". We finally get to the trucks and see firetrucks. We started pointing them out, pushing buttons, and asking him which one he wanted. He kept pointing to the trash truck. No matter what we showed him, he kept going back to the trash truck. We thought about it, and I believe just decided that if it makes him happy, then screw the fire truck, trash truck it is. Now, mind you, it is a pretty cool trash truck. You flip the lever up and the arm lifts the dumpster and dumps it into the top of the trash truck. You push some other buttons, and flip other levers and you get trash truck noises. Jacob has truly enjoyed playing with this since he got it.
Now, as all toys tend to do with a three year old boy, the trash truck took a ride down the basement stairs. I figured it for a goner and I left it in the basement. (Our rule is if it goes down the stairs, it is lost until tomorrow. None of the games of going up and down.) Last night Mama brought it upstairs, Jacob was pushing the buttons and we hear:
"Pull over and stop the vehicle now!"
"We're in pursuit, need air support!"
"1487-694 Henry David Zebra. No wants, no warrant."
And of course, sirens.
All the sounds you would expect to come from the first police trash truck in existence.
I tend to be a bit naive so I just have to ask....is this for real? Did J's trash truck turn into a police car? That is crazy.
ReplyDeleteIt's for real! His trash truck no longer makes trash truck noises. It's now a police car. Scared the shit out of me the first time I heard "Pull the car over now!" It's the craziest thing I've ever seen!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it make you wonder? That's an odd thing that multiple tracks would be on those chips in the trucks. Probably jostled it around enough to have the one button pressing something different. And I think you're right about it being "broken better". Too cool. That's high-tech recycling.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is so interesting to me. Would have scared the shit out of me too - ahhh, honey, the truck is possessed!
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