I asked the twins to go through their dozens of stuffed animals and choose the ones they no longer wanted or played with so we could donate them. Ryan then proceeded to hand me these.
Buzz Lightyear and Woody. My heart sunk. Don't get me wrong, I was really proud of the both of them for parting with toys. These two were a shocker though. I mean, come on, Buzz and Woody?!! I can not even count the infinite amount of times we have watched Toy Story 1-3. How many nights they spent cuddled up with my boy; how many endless hours spent in imagination play. As I eyed them amongst the small pile of give-aways, all the memories washed over me. I now know how Andy felt when he was going off to college in Toy Story 3 and he packed away his toys. In the end, he gave up his best friends to someone special but I just couldn't do it. I snuck them into my room and I'll put them away in a special place. One day, maybe if Ryan has a boy of his own, I'll take them back out. He'll thank me for it and for now, I get to hold on to my little boy a while longer.
1 comment:
Laura Dyroff I'm gonna cry!
Maureen Curran Lettau You're killing me ..
Corey Cohen Oren Ben just found his!! He is beating the crap out if Woody as we speak!
Sherri Rubin Plunkett Noooooo
Jen Roberts Davis This makes me sad on so many levels, which seems a little ridiculous since I'm an adult. Toy Story makes me sentimental about toys in general, but this just takes the cake
Stacey Binder Rugen I regret ever giving away Hunter's Buzz and Woody. He wrote on the bottom of Woody's foot his name. I have no idea what I would ever do with it, but after the last TS movie I was so ashamed!
Lorrie Greengold Prescott Oh nooooooooo
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