My boys have been counting down to October 16th ever since I learned of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure at BlogHer.

Today I got an email that reads, "In honor of Skylanders: Spryo's Adventure shipping this week..." I read it aloud - "SHIPPING THIS WEEK" - and my boys knew exactly what I was talking about, and started jumping around, dancing.

After all, with every package that lands on our doorstep, no wonder how big or how small, they turn to each other, wide-eyed, "Skylanders?!" as if there would be a "mistake" at the factory that would lead to us receiving the precious game well before the official release. Sorry, Guys, but you don't have so long to wait now!

In the meantime, my kids have enjoyed watching Skylanders commercials, plus little vignettes like this one of "Ghost Roaster" - a character perfect for Halloween:

And then there is Terrafin. For those vintage-SNL fans, "Land Shark!"

My youngest is already in love with Whirlwind. Rainbows, for the win!

There are plenty of other characters waiting to be discovered.

Just a week left - whooooooo! (But, you can preorder Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure now from Amazon!)

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I've written about Skyanders here:
- The Winning Holiday Gift: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
- More about Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
- It's Hard to Wait: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
- Just Another Week to Wait: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
- Skylanders - Yes, We Play it All Day!

*Update: As a pleasant surprise, the Activision folks sent me the game and some additional characters as a thank-you for promoting the game and to facilitate a review once the game was actually released! This post was written before the release.

My oldest son has been worried about growing up recently. He keeps commenting on how quickly life has been passing:" Another Halloween?" He worries about puberty: "I'm afraid I'm turning into a teenager because I'm getting a bad attitude!" And he's worried that I'm about to croak, "Isn't it sad that your life is half-over, Mom!?

Indeed, November brings with it vacation time (which makes my kids shocked at just how much of the school year has already passed,) my birthday (which makes the oldest weep in fear of my apparently imminent demise,) Thanksgiving (yum!) and for this year - the Muppets:

Of course the return of the Muppets makes me feel both that time has passed so quickly and that I'm getting really old.

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I posted this Muppet trailer for fun; I am receiving no compensation for doing such.