My First Trip to the Toy Store

I haven't been to the toy store since...well, I don't know the last time I was in a toy store. But I'm about to have a son and I hadn't bought any toys for him yet. It was time. I decided I didn't want to go to Toys R Us. I was hoping that Orlando had some local toy store run by a person that had been selling toys for the last 40 years.

I didn't find that. But, I did find a store called Learning Express Toys. It's a chain but it was not the mammoth Toys R Us and having the word "Learning" in its name made me want to check out what they had in stock.

I hopped in the car, drove over, and walked into the store. Wow, so many toys. I don't know that they could have crammed more toys into their little space if they wanted to. After a couple minutes of wandering around I found the baby toys. That's when it hit me that there are not a ton of choices for newborns when it comes to toys. I suppose that could be because they spend all day sleeping, eating, and crying. That didn't stop me, though. I'm this kid's dad and what's the most important thing to every American boy? That's right, sports.

I walked out of the store the proud owner of an All Star Sports Bag (below). Sure it's marked for kids six months and older, but I fully expect to have an advanced kid. I'm sure by three months he'll be playing with these nonstop as I fill him in about the finer points of each sport.