Aqua Globe! Obsession!

Have you ever seen one of these? Not the plant - the blue item sticking out of the plant...It's an Aqua Globe. I'm sure you haven't ever, ever seen a human who actually owns one of these...if anything, you have seen the commercial for them. My son, Finn, has literally wanted these for over a year. His aunt, Caver, has been highly interested in them as well. Finn finally received some of the treasured, truly treasured, Aqua Globes today.

The funny thing is that he earned them as a prize at my nephews' (Cade and Tuck) birthday party. He told me at the party: "All the other kids keep asking me why I want these." He held them throughout most of the party. He asked me several times during the party if we could go purchase a plant in which to put the globes. Dennis left the party and immediately went to the store and purchased him a plant.

We carefully read the directions, filled one globe and put it in the plant. When done, Finn had to sit near it. He looked at it throughout the day and evening. He was concerned that he will wake up tomorrow and all of the water will have left the globe and be in the plant. I told him it should take at least more than a day.

His last moment of Aqua Globe obsession was when he took his second globe to bed with him. Now, not only did he take it to bed and have to have it on the nightstand next to him, when I got up after getting him all tucked in, he had to watch me to make sure I didn't knock the Aqua Globe off the table.

I thought I'd close with this reminder from Finn exemplifying his obsession with both the globes and the commercial: "If we call, mom, we can get more Aqua Globes." Yes, the commercial has completely indoctrinated this kid. He's obsessed with Aqua Globes.