Many of Red’s favorite toys won’t run without Batteries, so a big thank you to Duracell and SheSpeaks for sponsoring our working parts with power this season. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
When Red was a baby, I was gifted the most awesome, portable baby swing with two battery-accepting pack on the side. Vibration and swing speeds were controlled by some beefy batteries, and the swing was so loved that it went on to live with a few other families. At the shower, taped onto the box (wrapped in it’s own crunchy blue wrapping paper) was a 4 pack of giant D size batteries. I was so grateful that the gift-giver thought to include these! Of all of the gifts I was given that day, I remember that my guest remembered to purchase and send batteries with the swing… because it meant that “batteries not included” was something I didn’t have to worry about. Maybe my real, deep-seated reason for remembering that particular gift was all of the Christmas gifts that never came with batteries. With stores closed tight on Christmas Day and the junk drawer stash of copper tops drained, I wouldn’t be able to play with my new toys for a few days. And that stunk! Those flashy lights, sounds and moving parts just aren’t the same if you can’t use them.
Nowadays, in my own home, my junk drawers is stuffed with pens, post its, scissors and batteries. So many batteries that you might be able to power a comet-landing spacecraft! If Red’s toys are ever running low, Chases’ headlamp goes dim, or the DVR remote peters out, I have us covered. A quick reach into the drawer, and I’m pulling out AAs, Cs, Ds and even watch batteries for the scale. (Um, Scale? Please don’t judge me after my upcoming Thanksgiving dinner, mkay? I’m wearing my stretchy pants.)
This year, make sure you have a junk-drawer stash of batteries at the ready for anything that might happen: Snowpocalypse power outages, irritating smoke detector beeps, cranky toddlers crying for that particular toy right this very minute and more. Or, snag a couple of 4 packs and use them as stocking stuffers for the people who have everything.. because they can always put batteries in their stuff.
What are some of your favorite toys or gear that needs batteries? Anyone for a battery back-powered light up wreath? Tis the season!
Long-lasting Duracell CopperTop batteries are guaranteed for 10-years in storage with their Power Preserve Technology and are available in AA, AAA, C, D and 9V. You can pick up your 16, 8, or 4 packs of Duracell at Walmart for stocking stuffers, gifts and junk-drawer-power-stashes.
We need all the batteries. Those swings and bouncy seats are the worst. I have a box we keep batteries in because we go through so many.
We just stocked up on batteries. Not only do we need them for toys (soooooo many toys), but we needed to replace the smoke detector batteries and make sure the thermostat was all taken care of. I do NOT want either of those to have dead batteries!
oooooh thermostat. GOOD one! No dead batteries there in less than perfect weather.
Oh the swing was a battery sucker…. and we used it all the time, so Ds and Cs were always stocked.