Imagine what would happen if the TinkerToys, the Legos, the Lincoln Logs, Potato Head parts, Barbie furniture and clothes and shoes, and alphabet blocks all got dumped into the middle of a room, and then a miniature tornado moved through it all.
If you leave two kids to play for an hour unsupervised, that’s about how [...]

Below are toys for the Pre-K through elementary school age range. Toys that have stood the test of time in our house – meaning they still get used a great deal, and they still work.

I will start with Baby Alive. This is another of those toys the kids like way more than I do. [...]

Today’s post is going to be about infant and toddler and pre-k toys. We’ll talk about toys for older kids later.
I’ll talk about (and point to) some of my all time favorites. Things both girls adored, and that got (and in some cases still get) a whole lot of play.
The Leap Frog table made [...]

 
I looked for an MP3 player that had a speaker because there is too much research out there about damaged hearing on young kids who use earbuds or headphones or whatever. GG wanted an MP3 player, but I just wasn’t comfortable with the possible damage to her hearing. So, this seemed a good solution.
I [...]

Most of the babies will have never seen a soft toy. Many children are afraid of soft toys and dolls. GlitterGirl was terrified of dolls and stuffed animals. TwinkleToes didn’t react to them at all.
But the stacking cups? Both girls thought they were the Best.Thing.Ever.
Second favorite for both of them was the ring stacker thing.
Both [...]

Kai-Lan has her own video game!! I had no idea Kai-Lan had her own game, and TT is going to be incredibly excited when she sees it. (I won’t tell her about it until it arrives, otherwise she’ll bug the bejeebers out of me about it.) There are only a few left in stock, and [...]