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Family Life

Make your own play kitchen!

April 5, 2009

I think I saw this on the Craft magazine blog first, but I have been thinking about it ever since.

Look outside! There’s an Elephant!

April 1, 2009

April fools! Here at chez Toy Report that is our standard April fools joke. Not terrible exciting, but you would be surprised how many times a 5 year old will laugh at it. For those of you who are similarly April fools challenged and would like to spice up your pranking, you may be interested [...]

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Pirate Party

March 31, 2009

The boys have been invited to a Pirate birthday party this weekend and I, with the Princess asleep on my lap, have just purchased the following presents (have I mentioned lately how much I heart Amazon?).

Our favorite Pirate themed book.

How does anyone live without Pirate Snap?

And pirate Legos. I actually got three of these since [...]

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The Best Kids Scooter

March 20, 2009

We’ve been big fans of the Micro Kick scooter for kids since Mrs TR first went on a kids scooter search for the boys when they were turning 3 years old back in 2005. After much research into reviews, looking at all the kick scooter options, the standout winner was obvious.

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Reading about Jenny Linsky

March 11, 2009

Today we read some Jenny Linsky stories. Jeny Linsky is a cat. She lives with Captain Tinker, she always wears her red scarf and she can ice skate. She can be found in a marvelous series of stories by Esther Averill. The kiddos and I were reading some this afternoon. When we were done the [...]

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First Ponytail

March 8, 2009

The Princess turned two last month and she still has no hair. Well, we think she has a lot of hair, but only because she has so much more than she used to have. But compared to the average two year old, she is an adorable little baldy. Here is her very first ponytail!

I [...]

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The Last Snow Day

March 7, 2009

Recently we had what I sincerely hope was the Last Snow Day of the winter. A couple of friends came over and helped make snowmen. I am told it was perfect snowman snow.

The last snowman:

And yes, that is a hand knit hat the snowman is wearing.
Good-bye Winter!

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Penelope Peapod

February 19, 2009

A very dear friend gave this Penelope Peapod to the Princess for her birthday. It is cleverly designed, great quality, oh so cute and one of her favorite presents. It is a little basket with cloth attached all around. You can close the drawstring and it becomes a purse or travel case. Then you can [...]

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Happy Birthday Princess

February 16, 2009

The princess turned 2 last week! Or in her words, “Two! Two! Two!” We had some family and friends over to celebrate the day. It was actually a double celebration since my birthday is two days after hers. She had a lovely time at her party, although she preferred the chips and dip to the [...]

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It’s a mustard family

February 15, 2009

I walked into the kitchen a few days ago and saw that the camera was sitting on the counter and it was on. I believe I mumbled something about not playing with the camera and turned it off. Little did I know that I was interrupting the next Sondheim at work (aka Speedy). Remind me [...]

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