My love of toys

     I am so happy that I have a baby girl, it means I get to play with all the toys I used to have - if she will let me.
     The toys I have fallen in love with purchasing are Little People. I am not a real fan of the play sets, but show me individual people and I'm like "I need this".               
     They are perfect for her tiny hands and they fit in her mouth without posing as a choking hazard. Daddy can even play with them, even if we have mainly Girl types. Currently, he is pretending Kaelynn is a monster and the ostrich is a chocobo and the princesses are from Final Fantasy. Kaelynn is screaming with delight.

     When it comes to purchasing, I've come to realize I have to be selective. It's rare that you get coupons, but they do go on sale. While at Target, I fell in love with Arial as a mermaid, Prince Eric and their seashell carriage. However, it scanned it at $32. We were at Wal-Mart, I saw the same thing for $26. On Amazon.com, I've never seen a deal. Looking around is awesome.

    Long story short, this girl will have lots of Little People in the future. I'm hoping for Easter, she will get a few new figurines. 

Learning and Development

     I feel like Kaelynn has a lot of toys, but not a lot at the same time. She prefers to play with everything she's not supposed to have: shoes, plasticware, diapers, cords, etc.
     She has a basket of toys in our bedroom and a toy organizer in the living room. Her favourite type of toys is anything she can destroy or nest in.
     For Christmas she got K Kid's Hungry Pelican and Lamaze's My First Fish bowl. The pelican isn't used much, but she loves to put things in its belly (has not figured out that he "eats" them). The fish bowl is used daily. Everything goes in it.
The fish are all different, to help her senses (even the pelican food is different).

     If I were to buy another baby a toy, this would be it. I'm even going to keep it when she's older. It's cute and interactive and interesting.