Sam and Anna were enthralled with their visiting grandparents and their gifts. I must say, although the wrapping paper love with no care for what was inside was so cute to watch last year at 9 months old, this year was much better. Sam and Anna actually understood that what was inside the packages was more fun that the wrapping paper on the outside (although that was fun too!). The looks on their faces, the grins that don't fade as they play, are better than any material gifts could be.
Sam's big gift was the Fisher-Price Wheelies Stand and Play Rampway. It came in a boring brown box and required some assembly, which was fine because Sam and Anna are still at an age that all gifts kind of belong to both of them anyway, so they just both played with Anna's big gift until Daddy was done putting the ramp together. Once it was, oh, the fun! Grandma was smart and bought extra cars so there was no shortage of vehicles to slide down the ramps. With two separate ramps to play on, this one seems like it was made for twins! No fighting earned this gift a gold star in my book (okay, so maybe it was my suggestion in the first place...) And when you’re 2, making it a chubby little car that flies down a hill is about as good as it gets.
Anna's big gift was the Fisher-Price My First Doll House. While unwrapping the parts, I noticed there was a little plastic toilet and the thought crossed my mind that it was a dumb use of plastic, when there wasn't even a bed included in the furniture. But Anna didn't think so! Besides the little baby doll, the toilet has proven to be the biggest attraction of the toy so far. Right away, Anna flipped up the lid and declared "Mama stinky!" while plopping the mama doll on the toilet. Nice in front of the in-laws, huh? Then she said "bye bye poop!" and proceeded to have all the other family doll members take a turn on the commode. Baby Jesus may or may not have taken a turn as well, but I'm not admitting to anything...
I'm excited for toys that seemed to be big hits out of the fence, but have longevity potential. I'm not so thrilled about this just being the beginning of the onslaught of new toys with no where to put them. I'm pretty good about retiring toys once they aren't played with anymore- and there just aren't many that don't get cycled through pretty regularly around. We're running out of room to house all the toys though and I need a better organizational system for a house full of toddler toys!
(Getting "caught" in Grandpa's gift- a landing net)
3 comments:
They are getting sooo big!!!
I love the dollhouse. I think my mom got the Littles house.
Santa is bringing our girls about 5 toys total, because grandma went crazy and like you, I don't know where to put them all! I think (hope) grandpa is building them a shelf that doubles as a dollhouse. He's going to copycat one from Pottery Barn.
Looks like SO much fun!! I wanted to get the Ramp too...we decided on something else, but you've got me re-thinking my choice!!
And I agree, this year already is so much more fun =)
Camden has that car race track that Sam got and he loves it.
I know- I'm also struggling what to do with the "old" toys in his play room to make room for the new ones he'll be getting this weekend. The way his play room is arranged right now, we really can't fit anything else in there.
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