I guess my point is that toys for 3 and 4 year olds have gotten a lot more expensive as parents have let them get attached to TV and game characters. I saw something that I think the boy would have loved, had he not been enthralled by Nintendo’s Mario character.

Maybe I should have got both of them Blue’s Clues watches. They’d be wearing a character on their wrists, but they could also learn about things like time and schedules.