Transformer Mania

So my kids have just recently become obsessed with transformers after receiving them as a gift for Christmas. Now I am seriously wondering what I was thinking giving them Transformers! If any of you have these you know what I am talking about. Each figure comes apart into about 18 small pieces the size of my thumbnail (okay, that might be a slight exaggeration) and I find myself stepping on them and nearly breaking my ankle or I find Luke with Megatron's head in his mouth. Not a good thing. Seriously, when I bought these I didn't realize that they would come apart so easily. I know that's not how they were back in the day when I was a kid. Not that I played with transformers as a little girl, I was too busy with my Barbie dolls (that's a whole other issue that I won't get into today).

Anyway, despite all of my rumblings, my kids absolutely love them. They really are pretty cool when you think about it and they keep them busy playing for a while. I mean these things are not easy to put together. I feel like I need an engineering degree to figure some of these out. Also, they also have every episode of the animated series online for free so Ben probably asks me like 25 times a day if he can watch Transformers on the computer. I usually just let them watch one episode a day but sometimes it's really tempting to just turn it on and let it go for a few hours. Not only does he ask me constantly to watch it, he also asks me questions about the characters all day long. He got me good the other day. He said, "Mommy, what color are Optimus Prime's (that's like the leader or something) legs when he's transformed?" I say, "blue, of course." He said, "No they're not! Trucks don't have legs!" I felt like an idiot. Yes, I was out-witted by a 3 year old! I need to be more careful. I guess I will just have to embrace this transformer mania and enjoy the moments of peace and quiet when they are focusing their energy on assembling and playing with the blasted things!