My latest venture to the grocery store with my 4yr old son proved quite a challenge. Star Wars characters were slapped on every product around which made my son "have to have it". I looked around and could quickly see that every mom toting a young lad was having the same problem.
I am good at dodging the cereals. They have had the old character on the front, prize inside thing going long enough that the kids have given up on begging for that. I wasn't prepared for the Star Wars toaster waffles, potato chips, snacks that turn your tongue Yoda Green or Darth Vader Black, or M&Ms that were in little tubes that had a mystery mix of either Lava (with orange and red) or Wookie (with blues and grey). I fell for the M&Ms because my kids had a nice little snack and then rolled red and green construction paper and created light sabers with the Mini M&M tube as the base. Snack and toy in one for 75 cents!
They are so psyched about this movie and I don't even know if they are going to get to see it. My husband is going to see it first because it sounds like it will be too disturbing for the 8 and under crowd. I will have to prepare for some seriously bummed little boys if that turns out to be the case.