Most of my readers will remember the jingle, “I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a a toys-r-us kid. There’s a million toys at toys-r-us that I can play with. From bikes to trains to video games, the biggest toy store there is…I don’t wanna grow cause if I did, I wouldn’t be a toys-r-us kid.”
The jingle has taken on a new rock star flavor a long way removed from the soft vocalized tune I grew up with. But none the less.
As I was watching our youngest, Manny, play this morning, I came to an understanding of what happens to the youngest sibling in the family. The parents don’t want them to grow up, cause they remind them of a time long gone in the older children, a time of exploration, silly expressions, and just plain cuteness. I don’t know how we will do it. I think I would change the jingle to be
I don’t wann’em to grow up, their my liiii-ttle kid. There’s a million or more things that I wish we did. From hike to train for that soccer game, the best days in life are ahead. I don’t wann’em to grow cause if they did, they wouldn’t be my liii-ttle kid.