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Im so excited! my son has his first Grail!!

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Im so excited! my son has his first Grail!!
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My son is 5 years old, he enjoies sitting with me while I look at pins on Pinpics or here on the Forum, he points out pins he would love to have, one day I was buying a pin from a forum member who loved Haunted Mansion pins and had pics on his signature of many neat Mansion pins, including one of the Ghost horse driven hearse, the pin was from the Happy Haunts Ball from 2004, my son was so intreaged with it and kept telling me he would like to have it, I thought it was just a regular pin, nope, it had become his grail and I treked out in search of it! thats when I discovered the wants/trades ratio and knew I was in for a hunt. but to my surprise it didn't take as long as I thought and woohoo! I have it in my hands, and want to put it away till christmas but OMG I want to give it to him now! we are going to DL Monday, do I give it to him then? a special gift at Disneyland? what to do? I have a wonderful forum member trying to get me the carpet bag pin bag for him for christmas I was going to put it in. but I just can't wait to see him light up! OMG! im so silly
 
Not silly at all. Its awesome your son is interested in pin collecting/trading. If you give him it at Disney, you could potentially risk losing it. I've lost countless pins by keeping them on my purse, granted that is not the same as having them on a lanyard. However, if you find the bag, it would make for an awesome Christmas present.
 
Oh that's so awesome! Congrats on finding it, it's going to be awesome to give it to him!

I wouldn't want to wait 'til Christmas but I wouldn't want to travel with it either...
 
Heheh congrats! Having a little sister that I collect with, I can TOTALLY relate to your excitement. Seeing her face light up when a package arrives, and letting her open it to see a new pin is just one of the best feelings in the world. Last Christmas I saved all of the pins I bought for her from June-December. Needless to say, she had over 30 new pins under the Christmas tree and I was dying for her to open them :P I'm so happy that your son got his grail, and hopefully he will continue to enjoy this great hobby with you :)
 
I love that feeling! Over 10 years ago now when my Mum was buying my pins for me, it was a great feeling to see mail coming and know it had been chosen / tracked down with me in mind! I think its a good idea to keep such a special pin for Christmas, but Ican understand your itchy fingers lol!
 
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