I love you all too much to make you wait until after the party is over to see the unicorn.
I mean, seriously, the party is almost a week away and how would you eat or sleep with all the anticipation?
Thankfully, Gulley delivered Unicorno Gigante to our door yesterday morning because I assure you he wouldn’t have fit in my car.
Caroline is in love.
In fact, I think we may just have to throw out candy for the partygoers as opposed to watching Gigante meet his untimely demise at the hands of frenzied children carrying a bat.
Here’s the best part.
Last Christmas, Caroline really wanted a Butterscotch Pony. Santa did not bring Butterscotch Pony because he has principles and standards.
Not to mention that a younger, naive Santa once delivered a pink Pottery Barn kitchen to Caroline that sits idle in our playroom to this day.
Santa learned his lesson about extravagant gifts.
Here’s a picture from the Butterscotch Pony ad.
Butterscotch retails for $254.88.
The way I see it we just saved ourselves $240.88.
Oh sure, Unicorno Gigante doesn’t whinny or talk like Butterscotch Pony does.
But, hey kid, that’s what your imagination is for.
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My daughter would LOVE that unicorn. She also wanted the Butterscotch Pony, but didn’t get it. Instead, she rides her little barbie horses herself around the house (yes that is a funny one to see)!
Totally awesome! Best part about this pet it doesn’t eat or poop! Thanks for sharing!
That is the most hilarious thing I have ever seen. I think that thing would actually scare children younger than your daughter. The extra $240.88 you “saved” on not buying Butterscotch will now have to go towards the candy to fill that sucker.
I vote for throwing candy at the little ones…God save the unicorn!
Oh, my first thought was, “She’s gonna want that gigantic pony I’ve seen.” As they used to sing in ye olden times, “Christmas is coming; the goose is getting fat. Please to put a penny in the old man’s hat.” Only you will be putting 254 million pennies in the pockets of Sam Walton’s heirs. (It’s too early for real math. Even penny math.)
I totally just spit Mountain Dew all over the computer screen. That thing would give me nightmares!
But it looks like Carolina loves it. She might not even let you fill it with candy and beat it up!
Hilarious! You’re gonna need a second mortgage to fill it with candy….that is, IF she lets you.
I’m seeing a trip to Party City in your near future to purchase another pinata for the party!
We have that same dust-covered Pottery Barn kitchen. It gets used about once a month… when the cousins come to visit.
I’m looking forward to a video of the Unicorn Funeral.
Makes total sence to me! That’s one big pinata!!
Oh. My. Goodness.
Unicorn Gigante is the perfect name.
But buying Butterscotch may be cheaper than trying to fill it with candy!
Yes, I think watching her friends beat her new pet (even more) senseless with a baseball bat might just produce a teeny bit of childhood trauma.
Or, if it didn’t, you’d have to wonder…
Butterscotch has nothing on that unicorn fabulousness–file that under “Our Lord can do immeasureably more than we can ever ask or imagine” for miss Caroline! Love it!
My first thought was that it could just stand there while the kids whack it, no need to hang really, but I like your idea better. Give goody bags and let Caroline keep her life sized unicorn!!
You are so making me feel better about NOT DARING to get the pottery barn pink kitchen. It was tempting for even me. We settled for a Second Step kitchen that works just fine for MUCH, MUCH less!
What an awesome pinata!
She looks like she is in heaven. Did she sleep with it next to her bed?
Sadly, last year no one at my house wanted a Butterscotch Pony–except for me. And I couldn’t figure out how to explain buying one for myself.
They would, however, like a Unicorno Gigante. And would have no trouble whacking it with a stick. It’s a guy thing, I think.
What a cute picture! Looks like she’s alreaday doing her own hair.
Gosh, I thought we were mean parents by not letting our daughter get the extra-big American Girl horse, retailing for $65. It wasn’t so much the price, but the SIZE. Where would we put such a thing? And, like the Pottery Barn kitchen, it would get played with a few times and then never touched. I hate Christmas guilt!
Hmmm – Saw that same Butterscotch pony at the toy store here in Zurich. Where it retails for 539chf – about $500! Our oldest daughter REALLY wanted it. How many times can one say “No, Nei, Nein, absolutely not!, do you want to skip Christmas for the next 5 years?”
The Unicorn is great – I won’t be showing a picture of it to my girls!
Oh my goodness, Melanie! I WANT THE PINK POTTERY BARN KITCHEN! Seriously, I have that page bookmarked… I look at it ALL the time! I’m always like “I wish I could get this now in case it isn’t around when I have kids…” I’ve resisted so far but it is a daily schedule…
Too funny! Did she name it yet? We too have spent way too many dollars on Pottery Barn Kids! Have you seen the latest catalog? I am trying my hardest to exercise restraint! Yikes!
I’m thinking at pinata breaking time, all the little party goers should “close their eyes for a big surprise” and the assembled adults should just rain down (throw) candy over the children. Many things accomplished here: Unicorn Gigante not broken. Children’s sugar urges satisfied. “Magic” is accomplished at party. And a good time was had by all. Happy Birthday, Caroline!
Did you ever see the movie “Parenthood” when Steve Martin throws the birthday party for his son and they have a pinata? He gives the kids all a turn first with blindfolds, then no blindfolds and still no luck opening it. Then Steve Martin take a turn with the yardstick and eventually saws it open?
If you were to go back in time to my 7th birthday–that is exactly what happened at my party to a T!! You and P better be ready incase it can’t be cracked.
Yep, I can see tears and a meltdown in your future if Unicorno Gigante should meet his demise. He could always give “Unicorn rides” at the party!!! (Shall I send you my crystal ball??? You could alway break that!!) ROTFL
The Unicorn should definitely be a guest of honor – and whoever suggested “rides” yesterday – I’m sure it would be a hit with the 5 year old birthday party set. You could even have each guest pose with the unicorn – I think that Caroline is not the only little princess who will be in love! Just give (or throw) the amount of candy you feel comfortable investing in – cuz it would be a major investment to fill it with candy! What fun!!
I do think that is the largest pinata I have ever seen!! Wow! I think my two boys would love having that at their party to bust up! Have fun.
I say instead of filling him with candy, you take the kids pictures sitting on him!! Maybe you could charge and make money.
Not only did you save $240.88, but you also got a bigger horse for your buck. I nearly choked when I read that Will was sitting on it yesterday, but seeing it today makes that totally believable. I think I could sit on that thing! Happy Birthday Caroline!
You are highly entertaining… thanks for the laughs. Fun times!
That unicorn is hilarious. I tried making a pinata for a Halloween party. I gave up after a while.
Must take video of “whacking of the unicorn”. You’ll be laughing at it when you are 80.
I wrote a post about Butterscotch awhile ago.
http://www.xanga.com/mtaviano/547156494/item.html
Santa brought us the Pottery Barn kitchen because at the store we could not get our daughter away from it… at our house it seems to be invisible.
Love the unicorn. I have a feeling it will be around for a while.
Hysterical. My daughter has also pleaded for Butterscotch Pony…lol. She’s also big into unicorns right now and has a pretty pony one she named nilla. Does Caroline give odd names to her toys?
First of all, I have to be one of the 516 people who will say…THAT THINK IS HUGE!
Second, that Butterscotch pony is evil. Every time we went to Target while it was there, my kids wanted it. Every time we went to Target for three months AFTER it was gone, my kids asked for it. Now they have forgotton, but Christmas is just around the corner.
Seriously funny! My daughter would LOVE that unicorn. She is in a horse phase right now. Thanks for sharing!
Holy enormous unicorn, batman! You weren’t kidding! That thing needs its own zip code!
That is too funny! I hear you about the high priced toys! I just did a post the other day about my two little ones playing table hockey with a cut-up Capri-sun box, a water bottle lid and two cups from the cabinet. If I would have known that they could be entertained with trash and cups I could have saved tons of money by now!
And hey, if you work the hole right, I bet Unicorno Gigante could have candy “bodily functions.” That’s much better than whinnying.
okay honey, LOVING your logic!
this mommy, several years ago, WANTED BADLY, BADLY the PBKids kitchen set. (note: mommy wanted it, as it was cuter than the other options… 4 yr old Emily didn’t care – just wanted kitchen set). DILEMA.
So.
opted for the Target kitchen set ($35.99 for each piece) – painted wood, still cute. Huge sigh of relief at the $aving$!
THEN.
2 years later – the year her daddy had walked out on us with another woman and I’m a single mom all of a sudden working my hinie off to make ends meet – my precious one sits on Santa’s lap at the mall, and what does she tell him she wants… the ONLY thing she wants…
Butterscotch.
I told her in the car leaving, at the house later, for weeks, “Santa may not be able to bring that because it costs so much money Sweetheart”.
Her response:
“Mama! Don’t you KNOW, Santa doesn’t NEED money!? THE ELVES MAKE THE TOYS.”
That said, Christmas morning, that larger than life pony was sitting in front of the fireplace. (Praise the Lord her brother had only asked for a remote control car and wasn’t old enough to comparison shop what Santa had spent on them each.)
Needless to say, this last Christmas, all she wanted from Santa was this: (couldn’t paste the picture, so here’s the link)
http://cgi.ebay.com/HOT-PINK-Saddle-Halter-reins-Butterscotch-SMores-Pony_W0QQitemZ280250819875QQihZ018QQcategoryZ38288QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Say it with me. Praise the Lord. seriously.
May I suggest, should Unicorno Gigante survive the birthday party, that he have one also for Christmas?
and along with that, here are a few other suggestions for Unicorno Gigante in the weeks and months to come, as learned by myself through Butterscotch the last 2 years:
-tv watching seat for small child
-fun ride for baby dolls or barbie dolls (not to scale, but like you said, this is what the imagination is for)
-hair braiding practice with the main AND tail
-sleeping companion if you stand him close enough to the bedside and “pretend”
-perfect patient when she wants to pretend she’s a vet
-and last but not least: will graciously hold next days’ school clothes laid out on his head or back
God bless you friend. Just here to help.
That is the biggest unicorn I’ve ever seen. I think if you rigged it with wheels you could charge for rides.
My mother bought Butterscotch for my 6 year old this past Christmas & I have to tell you that it was spimply the biggest waste of $250 EVER SPENT.
The pony is pretty cool for about a week.. now it just takes up 1/2 of her closet.. Dang thing runs on I believe 12 C batteries which I had to replace twice in about a month.
I think I am going to tell my family to just go get her a pinata this year.
It’s HUGE! I loved Kelly @ Love Well’s comment.
Hilarious!
Are you sure this is not some kind of Trojan Horse? Lands.
That is one BIG pinata`!
I’m laughing so hard here. Then again, I’m still laughing about what you said yesterday about a Starburst and a pack of Nerds. You crack me up!
See, this is where having a boy comes in handy. My son’s 5th birthday party is also this weekend and he was perfectly thrilled with the small Mexican-style bull pinata that will take less than one bag of candy, purchased at Party City. Of course, I only spent $4 less than you, so I think you got the bargain.
dude
That rocks. It must not be whacked.
I am laughing OUT LOUD!! That’s so funny!
Seriously?? I had no idea what I was missing!!! That is the biggest thing ever. Is he sleeping with her and become a stuffed animal?
The unicorn looks like a lot more fun than Butterscotch Pony anyway.
There’s no way I’d let the kids beat it to death. Hand out the candy. Save the unicorn!
wow – that is so awesome – never would have ever known they even MADE pinatas that large – you guys are going to have a blast!! i say, let the pinata live out its lifelong dream of being a pinata. there’s more where it came from….
Beth (mommy to a pinata-lovin’ almost 5-yr old)
oh man…i’m already stressed about my daughters’ birthday parties, and they’re not till October and November!
Being one of those Texans who “got here just as fast as I could” I didn’t get to experience a birthday part with a Pinata. Imagine my amazement when I realized you had to buy and put the candy in there yourself. All this time I thought they came with the candy already inside. Silly me.
I think you made a very wise choice. I wish I had led with my head instead of my heart with some of the things we bought our children!
That butterscotch pony is really cute, but not for $254.88. I like the candy filled one better!
It is everything I hoped it would be, and more. One more downside to Butterscotch pony? I am pretty sure she doesn’t crap candy
trust me, you are THRILLED you didn’t get butterscotch.
he’s really FREAKY in real life, and his eyes and head follow you around the room. seriously. there must be some sensor in him that causes his head to follow you. very spooky.
so glad you posted the pic- i was dying to know about gigantore unicorn…;
I think you should send Amy Beth the Pottery Barn kitchen:0
This post captures all that I love about Big Mama Inc. First of all you understand that I really was curious about the giant unicorn. Two, you share your hard earned wisdom! And, the photo is too cute as well.
I’m giggling because I know my day is coming all too soon!
(And Hubby will have no idea what’s hit him when our little girl becomes a little girl!)
I’ll bet you could find that pony on ebay now for lots less. Course, that would mess with all the values and stuff. I’ll bet you could sell that pinata on it too. I just opened up an ebay acct and I’m a little punch-drunk right now.
I agree – SAVE THE UNICORN! Hilarious!
I am going to start a campaign to SAVE THE UNICORN from the cruel and unusual punishment I know it is destined for.
I’ll print T=shirts
http://dyo.customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=jadodd3468%40sbcglobal.net&F=unicorn1
Well, if you were going to demolish said unicorn, how big a tree would you need to hang that thing? It is a really really big pinata…really ginormous. I bet C will love that for a really long time. Lucky girl. Now, go tell her to play with her kitchen set
Last Christmas, every time I passed by Butterscotch Pony at Target, I had to feed her a pretend carrot. And stare at its price tag.
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