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Archive for the ‘Toys’ Category
Christmas in July
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011Praise Jesus!
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Flora’s church. All are welcome.
Top of The Heap
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Looks who’s at the top of the heap.
King Of The Castle
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Hands down my favorite toy when I was little was my Fisher Price Castle, hence why I still have it. It has a secret hiding spot behind the stairs, a hidden door in back of the cave, and a trap door on the floor of the top that leads to the dungeon. Charley has repurposed it for his dinosaurs and Star Wars guys, and sometimes you can even find an astronaut hanging out in there, too. And, sometimes a cat.
Randomness
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
“Kitchen Help”
“Ice Cream for Two”
Wheels
Friday, January 14th, 2011
The big girl gets a big girl ride for her birthday. Of course it is pink. And being that it is January in New England, she’s been practicing in the house!
BIG Bubbles
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Apparently they make for a nice shampoo, too.
Sheepskin
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Charley got a “pih-peht” (pillow pet) for his birthday, and he carries it around with him everywhere. I couldn’t resist getting him some of the limited edition Huggies Jean diapers and taking some nakey shots of him on the pillow. BTW, these pics are taken with our Canon PowerShot SD4000. They’ve improved the quality of low-light shots, making it not just an outdoor camera anymore. It’s nice to have a smaller camera again for when I don’t want to lug the Nikon D80.
New Exhibit
Monday, July 5th, 2010
Greta finds a place in Flora’s zoo.
Play Zoo
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Flora’s new favorite thing is to “play zoo.” We build cages with every size lego and block, partition the animals, and repair the set up over and over after Charley gets in on the action. It costs two dollars to get in, none of the animals are mean (including the dinosaurs), they have a pool and diving board at their disposal, and often have inter-species families!
Lego
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
I think Flora inherited Marty’s lego gene — she built the house (aka the deck) above all by herself while Charley played with Daddy’s creations.
Bubble Machine
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Rah Rah Rusty
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Flora took her High School Musical Build-A-Bear outfit off the bear and put it on Rusty. She then gave him a hairstyle. Rusty has been sporting this look for a couple of weeks, and is now a girl, according to Flora.
The Retro Housewife
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
We gave Flora a retro play kitchen for her big birthday gift — which took two hours and four adults to put together — but decidedly well worth the effort. Our vintage play dishes are right at home now, and little Miss Housewife can serve us up some mean cupcakes.
Stuck On You
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
I started a sticker chart for Flora a couple weeks ago so she could earn stickers for doing good jobs during her most difficult times: getting dressed and ready, drop-off at school, playing well with friends and Charley, and going to bed. We call it her Big Girl Chart, but sometimes she calls it her “Job Chart.” At the end of the week, we count up all her stickers. She loves to chose from her many stickers and place them on the chart (hung right in the kitchen for maximum visibility), but more importantly, she has been SO much more cooperative and SO much less defiant since we started! I found some extra special googley eye Halloween stickers at Target, and she loves to earn one of those for her hardest transition … getting dressed (clothes must be all cotton (no jeans), no buttons anywhere, no ruffles, yet can’t be plain, preferably a dress, and of course must be pink. Recently she added “no cats.” Brother.) I, myself, am a seasoned sticker lover, and at the height of the sticker craze, I was in 6th grade with quite a collection. At recess, my classmates and I would trade, although I remember never wanting to let go of many of my stickers. My most coveted — the puffy Captain Caveman sticker (bottom right). Yes, I still have my sticker collection, and my Captain Caveman — one of the few things I saved from years past. I’m going to scan in others to share — they are just too good not to!
John Deere
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
See, in these parts, I’m what you call a corn-fed, midwestern boy.
Bubbles
Monday, May 4th, 2009
Mommy had to work an extra day this week, so I got to hang out with Charley and his sitter, Diane, today. Diane brought us new bubbles to play with, and I had a great time experimenting with all the different wands and spinning around and around making bubbles.
Silly Sleeping Bags
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
The shipping box was almost as fun as the new sleeping bags!
Charley’s Pre-Harley Days
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Wash My Ride
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
After Flora washed her trike, she learned how to pedal in the driveway, and was tickled pink at her new accomplishment. She is very into being a BIG girl, and doing everything “by myshelf!”
Eight Months Old
Friday, February 20th, 2009
1 Luftballoon
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
MMMM, Plastic
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
No toy is too big for me to taste-test. MMMM, plastic.
“Love” The Panda
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Michelle Kindig, my oldest and dearest friend, has taken up knitting (in all her spare time between taking care of and home-schooling her two little ones!) and made this very special panda bear for big sister, Flora. We named him “Love” because he has a little, red heart sewn onto his chest. As you can see, Flora really liked her surprise. She said, “I love him so much” and asked, “Who gave him to me?” and later said, “I want to talk to Michelle on Tuesday.” Heartfelt thanks to Michelle for all the time she spent learning how to make a most adorable and unique bear — we’ll cherish him always!
New Trike
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
I got a new trike this past Christmas, but being that I live in New England, Dad was just able to put it together and bust it out this weekend. It was worth the wait — what fun to zoom around the neighborhood, ding the bell, and take brown bear for a ride!