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My Messy Child

D. — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:02:06 +0000

She's not even a year old yet, but she can trash a room like any kid three times her age. She has too many toys obviously. She has a habit of removing every single toy from her toy box. She also has a big bag of mega bloks (I think there are over 200 in the box), and she feels the need to empty the bag of every single one; she isn't too interested in actually putting the pieces together, just creating a mess. It's the same when she eats now too. She chucks food, not because she doesn't like the food or because she isn't interested, she throws it solely to watch us pick it up.

My Daughter Destroys the Living Room

Tupperware Is More Fun Than Toys

D. — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:38:00 +0000

My daughter's first birthday is right around the corner. I can't believe it's been almost a year already since she's arrived. I'm debating what to get her for her birthday. She mostly needs clothes, but I'm thinking I might get her a brand new, delux tupperware set, since her favorite thing in the world is playing with tupperware lids on the kitchen floor.

It was funny because we had a friend's baby over the other day, and he too went right for the tupperware dishes. What's it about tupperware that is like a giant baby magnet? I wish adults were like that, just have some friends over, and you all plop down in the middle of the kitchen floor, bust out the tupperware and go to town throwing lids around, putting smaller tupperware inside larger tupperware, oh the possibilities are endless.

Christmas Gifts Abound

D. — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:44:17 +0000

christmas gifts everywhere

Baby J.'s first Christmas consisted of a LOT of presents. I think she received more presents this Christmas than I have in my last 10 combined.

Despite ball poppers and mega blocks and bath toys galore, despite bongos and books and new teddy bears, despite stacking cups and board books and a pretty purple purse, despite toy phones and toy puppies and toys, toys, toys, she loved most of all the wrapping paper and the boxes. And yesterday, she was back in the kitchen playing with tupperware lids while her toys sat unused in another room.

Maybe next year I'll just wrap some empty boxes.