It is all about the lightening!

Several months before we knew we would be traveling to finally bring home our son Emily and I were shopping at our local Target store. I was given a tip from a friend that they had cute Disney items in there dollar section at the front entrance to the store. My being a sucker for a bargain and having a Princess fan, we has to check it out. After Emily picked out several items she said to me that she wanted to pick out a few things for baby Jacob as well. So we ended up with Princess and Cars ice pack, water bottle and sandwich container. Who would have know that Emily somehow knew that her brother was going to be the biggest car fan ever!

Several weeks after we had come home we decided to have a family movie night. Emily was given the job of choosing a movie that we all would enjoy. She decided on the Disney movie Cars. Throughout the opening race Jacob sat and stared in awe as the cars raced around the track. Saying over and over again vrooooom vrooooom vrooooom. Then after that moment every time Jacob saw Lightening McQueen it was car, car, car...hey car. Even before he could say mommy he would tap me on my chest saying car over and over again. It was definitely a beginning of a love affair.

Up until the day he became our son in Vietnam Jacob did not have much that was his very own. He has many toys now in his room but none of them really mean anything to him. He enjoys playing with them but I am not sure he would realize if they were no longer there. That is except the things that have Lightening McQueen on them. I found him a car pillow and a car blanket on the clearance rack that I thought he might like. He now carries the stuffed car with him almost everywhere. His car blanket has become his favorite. These are his very special things. The Easter bunny could have saved himself alot of time and effort finding cute little boy things to put in his basket; he only needed to put in a matchbox sized Lightening McQueen car. Mommy should have reminded the Easter Bunny. On Easter morning after picking up the plastic egg mess that he left behind he found his car and really didn't care what else was in the basket. All you heard was Jacob saying in delight oooooooooooohhhh Car!

Lightening McQueen Blanket and stuffed car pillow from clearance rack $10



Lightening McQueen Slippers from Consignment Store $1.50



A little boys sweet dreams and smiles priceless....