| These days kids have gadgets that I couldn't | | | | and they don't have to have Barney, Mickey |
| have dreamed of when I was growing up, and | | | | Mouse or elmo on them, they just need to |
| as the years go by, the more technologically | | | | have the capability to stick onto different |
| advanced the toy gets...heck, I was at the | | | | surfaces. Free address labels seem to have |
| Apple Store a week ago and I saw some kids | | | | the same "fun" factor as expensive stickers I |
| zipping by in their Heelys who couldn't have | | | | picked up from the party store . Regardless, |
| been older than 13 buying the iphone & and an | | | | I find them sticking from everything from |
| ipod! When I was 13 I had to save for months | | | | the floors to my hair (involuntary). |
| to get a Nintendo....and not the Wii or the | | | | |
| Nintendo 64...This is the old school | | | | #2 Item: Bouncy Ball |
| Nintendo, with Duck Hunt. Anyways, I | | | | |
| digress, I thought it would be interesting | | | | Cost: $0.50 per ball |
| to note what my kid is playing with now as he | | | | |
| just turned two years old. Here is the list: | | | | Scoop: These little multi-colored balls seem |
| | | | to have been around since the beginning of |
| #5 Item: Empty Tupperware Bowl | | | | time and not lost its appeal with the |
| | | | rugrats. Of special interest is for my |
| Cost: Approx $0.50 | | | | toddler to hurl this at me while I am least |
| | | | expecting it |
| Scoop: Used in conjunction with spoon, | | | | |
| sometimes imaginary. My two year old loves | | | | #1 Item: Little Tikes Cozy Coupe |
| to mix imaginary concoctions of chocolate | | | | |
| milk and other goodies in this bowl. He | | | | Cost: $50.00 |
| often eats his imaginary dinner from this | | | | |
| bowl and then refuses to eat his real dinner. | | | | Scoop: This seems to be my kids only real |
| | | | source of indulgence compared to his other |
| #4 Item: Paper plate and 2-4 crayons | | | | inexpensive toys. Although this was very |
| | | | annoying to put together, my kid plays with |
| Cost: Approx $0.11 | | | | this every single day and seems convinced |
| | | | that he can get from point A to B within our |
| Scoop: For some reason drawing on a piece of | | | | house faster in the car then walking. Well |
| paper just won't do. There seems to be | | | | at least I don't have to gas it up.Aside from |
| something magical about coloring on a paper | | | | the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, the rest of |
| plate. I don't get it, I even tried it | | | | these "toys" cost under $1.50. |
| myself and I preferred coloring on regular | | | | |
| paper. | | | | See, it doesn't take money to buy |
| | | | happiness...well at age 2 anyway. In any |
| #3 Item: Random Stickers | | | | case I'll keep this in mind when my kid is 7 |
| | | | and the xbox 720 has come out with $100 |
| Cost: $0.00 - $0.50 per sticker | | | | games. Just out of curiosity, I'd love to |
| | | | hear about what your toddler's favorite toys |
| Scoop: My 2 year is obsessed with stickers, | | | | are. |