Birthday #3: Its all about Castles, Knights and Dragons

My older son will be three next week. Together, we've perused catalog after catalog, listing his wants. And he wants a lot.

But yesterday at Toys R Us, proudly wearing his "R" crown and carrying his "Geoffrey's Birthday Club" balloon, Carson found there was nothing he wanted. Nothing, that is, except for a castle. Hidden on an end-cap in a not-so-obvious area, was a castle. And oh, how excited he became.

What he didn't know is that I've already been scouting castles for him. This Medieval obsession is nothing new. We can't leave the library without a copy of Tomie dePaola's The Knight and the Dragon (which he's getting from his Aunt for his birthday) and his favorite afternoon game is playing knights and dragons (where we, yes we, become dragons or knights... attending dragon school where we learn to roar our ABC sounds, sleeping in the dragon's cave or saving the castle from a dragon. Pleased to meet you, I'm "Mommy Dragon," this is my son "Big Dragon" and my other son, "Little Dragon".)

So, I've been waiting to get a castle for him, searching and searching for a great sale price. And today, DING DING!!, there it was in my e-mail inbox! Creative Brains Daily Toy Deal: the Melissa and Doug Folding Castle at 25% off and free shipping. (This offer is good today only.)

I know someone who will be REALLY excited on his birthday!