Catch­ing a moment with D-man & Hubby. Looks like some­thing is about to happen.

Yep, it hap­pened. Hubby went in for the tickle. D-man is so excited that you can see the drool. Lit­tle ones can pull off the drool, adults not so much. And I’ve gotta admit I love watch­ing Hubby play with the kids. He is a big kid at heart.

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We received this wooden puz­zle box as a gift when I was expect­ing our first child, almost seven years ago. OH MY GOD–SEVEN!!–OK, minor panic attack just hap­pened. I’m OK now, just had to run around the house in a panic won­der­ing when I got, I mean, when HE got so old. Back to the puz­zle box, it has got­ten years of use since then. It looks sim­ple & it is, but some­times sim­ple toys can pro­vide more enter­tain­ment than all the giant bell & whis­tle toys that can do any­thing includ­ing change your car tire. Maybe it’s because sim­ple toys don’t require Mommy to remove the bat­ter­ies while every­one is sleep­ing or per­haps it’s because kids actu­ally like using their imag­i­na­tion. I know HOW ODD. Kids who LIKE to PLAY? Quick call the press–Kids who play & use their imagination.

The top slides off & in the box are lots of dif­fer­ent ani­mal pieces to mix and match. It has held up well, even among the trails & tribu­la­tions of my chil­dren. Chil­dren who seem to think launch­ing toys across the room is par for the course of play. I’d pre­fer they not, but tell that to the baby. He’s dangerous.

And don’t be sur­prised if your child decides to make a crea­ture that looks more like it belongs on The Island of Dr. Moreau than any­where else if they play with a puz­zle like this. I’m sure they won’t become a mad sci­en­tist. Although I can’t promise any­thing but on the plus side at least you’d have a doc­tor in the fam­ily. I know I’m keep­ing my fin­gers crossed.

Oh and after a lit­tle stroll around the inter­net I dis­cov­ered The Land of Nod has some­thing sim­i­lar.

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I must say wood cook­ies with some girl talk are now one of my favorite break­fast treats. They’re fat free and were made fresh by my daugh­ter with a set she got from her aunt as a Christ­mas present. She told me sto­ries about bak­ing while she made these. What could be bet­ter than curl­ing up with her, hav­ing her bake cook­ies while telling me tall tales of bak­ing adven­tures on a snowy Winter’s morning?

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