Knuckle-knock to Tara.

I try my darndest to confiscate the toy before they bust open the box/bag. The rule is they have to eat everything before getting the prize. If I get to it before them, all is good – I hide them – they forget & I donate the “junk” to Kids in Distress. If I don’t – when mom comes in to clean the rooms – it finds its way into the garbage!! Again – they are none the wiser at this point.

BK had calculators one time – those were very cool. I do have to say I have a plastic grocery bag full of the mini beanie babies stashed in a closet somewhere – not for retirement though, actually do not know what I have planned for those.

I still have Hot Wheels cars from a 1983ish time frame (when my oldest one was a toddler). I also recall getting the beanie babies when the other 2 were young–except they never had the good ones because all the middle age collectors were hanging around to get them thinking they would fund retirement.