worth the money

Aug 31

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, friday finds, memories, parenting, ramblings, videos

We have more toys than one child could possibly need, but I got to thinking today. What has given us the most bang for our buck? The most tried and true favorites in our house. As I listened to Caleb’s infectious laugh this morning, I realized I was holding one of them. I can’t say it gets played with every day, but it my wear out the fun if it did. A Baby Einstein hand puppet that I bought at Babies R’Us for $5.99. I think they have them at Target as well. I think ours is a dragon (?) Caleb thinks it is absolutely beyond hysterical to feed this thing all sorts of toys and watch him spit them out.

Second, we have “Push Car.” This thing must have at least 100,000 miles on it. It has been run into every wall, over every toy, and through every puddle. Auntie Nadine spent $10 on it I think. I told Scott if we had a penny for every mile he has put on it, it would still be paid for. I thought his interest in it would die down after he mastered walking and running. Nope. Every single day, every single time I’m on the phone, he goes barreling around the house with it. We have one of those safety gates that is a pressure mounted walk-thru gate. I joked that I put him a speed bump in and my dad say “Well it didn’t slow him down any.” Without further ado, I introduce….”Push Car.”

Last but not least, these toys have something in commom with our beloved push car. They have wheels. Anything with wheels. This kid could be perfectly happy if you spent $20 on him for Christmas by purchasing 20 $0.97 Hot Wheels. We find them in the couch all the time. Right beside the crumbs. In our shoes, under the furniture, they are taking over our house. One Christmas present this year will be one of those huge over the door Hot Wheels storage thingys. It has tons of pockets so you can slip the cars in there to display them. Or avoid a few curse words due to stepping on the constantly.