New Toys

I've decided why waiting to have kids until your 30s is absolutely the smartest thing you can do: New Toys. I grew up one of four kids (all three and half years apart) and I always wanted new toys. My parent are upper-middle class, but four kids and a stay-at-home mom (Bless you, Lalah) keeps you forever wanting. My mom was my age when she got pregnant with me and for the next few years kept poppin' out. My claim to fame is that I was the only planned pregnancy.

Well, last night Arthur brought home Wii Active. We have been talking about getting it and Wii Fit since he got the Wii about a month ago. However, I decided to wait until I could actually use it (ankle surgery). But he decided to get it. He starts playing it while I watched and we realized how awesome it is. It's like a real personal trainer - BUT SO MUCH CHEAPER. Arthur creates his physical profile and completes his first work-out. We're both blown away by the awesomeness of it. Right away he says he have to get Wii Fit now. You can use the Fit board with the Active.

He leaves, comes back and here is our new Wii Fit. The profile part is even better (it weighs you and gives you your BMI and stuff). I told him when I set mine up he has to leave the apartment and I teased about password protecting it since it tells you if your overweight or obese. Turns out YOU CAN password protect your weight and stuff. NICE. Anyway, as it turns out the Wii Fit is mostly about balance and stuff which is exactly what I'm doing in Physical Therapy. So I am so excited about doing more PT exersizes at home and maybe speed up my two more months of recovery. This is awesome, right???

So back to why it's truly smart to wait and have kids - if Arthur or I had kids we would be buying them kid toys and not enjoying our money ourselves. It really is such a short period that you make enough money (well, Arthur, not me, makes enough) that you can actually buy things you want - whenever you want. When you're a kid you depend on your parents and they ain't driving to Best Buy on a whim to buy Wii toys and when you become a parent you have so many real responsibilities.

So I am going to really enjoy these years without worries, responsibilities (oh, I know I have bills and shit) and appreciate them. I have plenty of good child-bearing years ahead of me.

Now let's play with our big girl and big boy toys!!!