'Da Coowest Game in 'da Whole Wide World

Have any of you heard of the game Lego Racers? If you have a little boy or know a little boy and you want to be their biggest hero, go search eBay now and buy it.

It's a super lame game, consisting of puzzle pieces that enable you to design your own track! And Legos to make your own cars! And dumb little 1st/2nd/3rd place cardboard squares! And apparently, kiddie crack sprinkled all over the box because kids go nuts over it!

All of my male students are obsessed with this game. I let my kids pick their speech activity fairly often, and without fail, they look at each other, say, "Lego Racers!" and rush to my metal wardrobe cabinet to find it.

The problem is though, that the kiddie crack is so powerful that they get mesmerized by this stupid game. When I ask them to repeat sentences to work on their targeted sounds, sometimes they are so into Lego Racers that they literally don't hear me.

So when my officemate suggested that maybe L would enjoy playing the game for a while, I stashed it under my desk until I could bring it home that afternoon.

And I kid you not, the kids came in and sniffed that game out.

When I finally brought it home, L was just as sucked in. He promptly forgot about his daily Scooby Doo episode (jinkies!) and got to work building the cars and asking me what all the words said on the pit stop and the oil spill pieces. We played a few games together, and he played about 12 more games alone.

For the first time in as long as we can remember, he didn't run to B upon his arrival that evening. He did, however, call his daddy over to check out his new game.

He went to bed clutching two of the Lego cars, one in each little hand.

He insisted on bringing the Legos to the eye doctor this morning.

My kid likes his Hot Wheels but isn't one of those kids who gets attached to a certain toy, bringing it everywhere with him. He doesn't have any lovies or stuffed animals, even though I've tried. But these cars? Ob. Sessed.

I wish I could tell you where to find the game. I saw one on eBay but they don't make it anymore. I couldn't even find a usable picture of the game box.

But if you see one at a garage sale or a consignment shop, buy it and give it to a little boy, but only if you want him to adore you.

You can thank me later.

Namaste'.