An Afternoon Visit with Auntie Tara


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Today after school my sister, Tara came for a quick visit. The kids bombarded her with the need for attention the minute she arrived. Andrew wanted to show her the things that he can do and Eva wanted to talk about her Halloween costume. Eva wants to be a Dragon Queen. She wants to be that because she has a small wrist dragon that she got at King Richard’s Faire.

The kids then decided that they wanted to rake leaves. I got them some rakes and a broom and a bag. They picked up one bag worth of leaves with auntie Tara. I don’t think that Tara was expecting to be put to work by the kids when she came over but they had a fun time. Andrew was adorable in giant gloves trying to pick up leaves. Then the three of them sat on the back porch stairs and I grabbed my camera to capture a photo of them. Andrew gave his most recent signature look when he turned around.

Skylanders Trap Team was Released Today!

MY Skylanders Trap Team Haul

Skylanders Trap Team was released to the world at midnight launches all across the country. I was at work so I watched the excitement via Twitter as each time Zone .Kaos took over the Toys R Us Twitter feed and I interacted with that and with the Skylanders Twitter as well. Check this out.

So, after all the fun all night watching people get their Skylanders I was finally done for the day and headed right to Toys ‘R Us for their 8am – 10am sale. While I was there I met up with a guy that I met the year before. We chatted in line and then went in to see what was on the shelves. Well, the shelves were still being stocked but Toys R Us was the most put together of all the store I visited today. I chatted with the people who were stocking the shelves because they weren’t Toys R Us employees and had no idea what Trap Team was all about. There wren’t many of us at the launch this morning so I was able to get every character that came out. I accidentally bought the same Trap twice and did buy two character that I may return because I’m getting them in other sets. One I actually got later at Walmart on the way to work. It was the Gill Grunt and Gill Runt Buddy 2-Pack

Gill Grunt and Gill Runt Buddy 2 Pack

There were a ton of traps and it was so easy to miss one or buy more than one of the same. There are a total of 46 traps (before there are any variants). I already have a couple of variant traps so I’m not sure where to put those. The Trap Case is a good deal because each trap will house a different trapped villain so in an effort to keep them organized you need something like the case.

Trap Team trap Storage Case

Toys R Us also has the Legendary sets. This time around they had the very first Legendary Adventure Pack. The character inside, Blades is in a single pack and in a 3 pack of characters. Character Gill Grunt is also in the same 3 pack and in a single pack and in the buddy 2-pack. You’ve got to do some juggling to buy everything and not get a double and also get the best prices.

Legendary Nightmare Express Adventure Pack

Toys R Us had a great sale of buy 1 get 1 for 50% Off. For the traps they had them as buy 1 get one for $1. I bought everything I could and then went up to the counter. They rang me up and it was a decent price. I had also gotten a couple other items that were not Skylanders but were on sale for Eva for her birthday.

Skylanders Trap Team Traptanium Trap 3 Pack

I’ll probably go back again tomorrow because I heard that Wave 2 was going to be released tomorrow as well. It’ll either be released tomorrow or Tuesday.

Oh, and I haven’t even played yet because I don’t have the game. That’s what happens when a game is released on a Sunday and you pre-order online.

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