the mommyhood memos: dear God, thank you for easily amused children

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

dear God, thank you for easily amused children

Who needs to spend money on toys anyway?

This little wonder is Levi's current favorite toy, and has been for the last two weeks. He carries it around the house with him as he crawls from room to room.

He obviously finds it both fascinating and exciting - one of the "adult" objects within his reach that's not forbidden. (Apparently it must taste good as well.)

The other day I caught him practicing his clapping while still holding his beloved doorstop with one hand.

And the day before that, I found it in the bathroom... a few hours after I found it under the couch in the office. This doorstop travels.

Dear friends, what are your children amusing themselves with these days?

stocking up on doorstops,

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Labels: baby toys, cheap baby entertainment, dear God, levi, photo posts

24 Comments:

At October 5, 2010 at 12:13 AM , Brittany said...: Kids! They are too funny!

I STILL find Aidyn playing with random stuff of mine. I think it helps creativity and imagination! :) I love asking him questions and seeing what he's pretending it is.. :) Its too funny!
At October 5, 2010 at 12:14 AM , Chelsea Pearl said...: That's so sweet :)
Levi is such a big boy now! Isn't it fun having a little mover? ;)
At October 5, 2010 at 12:22 AM , Jhen.Stark said...: Josseyln's go to toy is the remote control... she's always crawling around with it and we can never seem to find it where WE left it.
At October 5, 2010 at 12:23 AM , A House and Home said...: A wooden mallot from The Lobster House. Who knew??
At October 5, 2010 at 12:33 AM , Casey Martinez said...: that is too cute and boy he is so precious! He'd make a great BF for my little gal:). My daisy is still fascinated by small tupperware bowls and lids:).
At October 5, 2010 at 12:54 AM , cooperl788 said...: Lol, that is too cute. He's changed so much even since I started reading your blog! What a big boy he is now!
Georgia's favorite "toy" is an old water bottle she took from my car. It's half full, and she loves carrying it around, pretending to pour it into her pots and pans, and pretending to drink from it.
At October 5, 2010 at 4:52 AM , Sommer said...: He's such a doll! Doorstops are all the rage, man.

We're seriously considering gifting plastic bottles and utensils for our little one's birthday! He rarely plays with toys, but looooves to play in mommy's kitchen!
At October 5, 2010 at 5:15 AM , Unknown said...: Ha! Q loves the doorstop, too. It's probably good for teething, but it makes me sick to think about how dirty it is. Probably because the doorstop was already there when we bought the house, so who knows where it's been? But Levi looks like he's really enjoying himself with that thing -- too cute!
At October 5, 2010 at 7:29 AM , Crystal said...: My son loves the remote- and he can tell the difference between the one we let him have and the one that actually works! Same way with cellphones. And he loves his baby wipes! I use them sometimes to wipe him down after a meal and if it isn't too terribly yucky I let him have it and he will carry it around like a blanket!!
At October 5, 2010 at 7:44 AM , Anonymous said...: ADORABLE!!!!!!
At October 5, 2010 at 8:01 AM , vahnee / crunchy parenting said...: A doorstop? Ingenious! This week, my toddler is really into the soup ladle.. go figure. :-)
At October 5, 2010 at 9:19 AM , Unknown said...: My little ones are 3 - 9 so they have much more sophisticated tastes in toys - they have been easily amazed by boxes carrying blogging goodness, magazines, catalog's and lately my kitchen utensils such as slotted spoons and bowls.
At October 5, 2010 at 10:55 AM , Unknown said...: Niall is obsessed with my arms right now. I know, so random and weird. He starts grunting and gets these big wide excited eyes... and grabs my wrist and starts flopping my arm back and forth. But before that, he was really into my husband's work boots ;)
At October 5, 2010 at 11:19 AM , Cameron said...: Isis has been all about this tupperware container with Lewis' empty contact case in it. She shakes it & throws it & bangs it & pretty much is just all about it! So simple! She's also obsessed with remote controls. I have an old one & I think I'm going to take the batteries out & just let her have it.
At October 5, 2010 at 1:23 PM , Anonymous said...: Annie cannot get enough of my metal measuring spoons, an old cell phone, and a damp baby wash cloth. Why do I even bother buying toys for my children?
At October 5, 2010 at 10:41 PM , Unpolished Parenting said...: My daughter has found that chasing plastic Wal-Mart bags around the kitchen to be fun. It's pretty fun to watch too!
At October 6, 2010 at 12:11 AM , Melissa {adventuroo} said...: What a cutie! Little Roo loves remote controls and my laptop. He likes to crawl over to it and pull the screen down! Oh and he'll try to put ANYONE's shoe in his mouth!
At October 6, 2010 at 2:21 AM , lunablue said...: He's so cute. Maybe he just likes triangles
At October 6, 2010 at 4:24 AM , Dusty Mommah said...: You asked,
[Dear friends, what are your children amusing themselves with these days?]

J1: a Nikon D-Something or Other
J2: a drummer in Queensland
J3: X-Box 360 or any computer that needs to be fixed, clean-up, devirused...

I recently found the twisty-spiral thingies -- those gizmos that protect your walls from doorknobs -- missing from my walls. Turns out my granddaughter loves to twist them off and play with them.

Doorstops are cheaper, softer, and safer. Might go out and stock up on those myself ;-)
At October 6, 2010 at 5:58 AM , Alyssa Gamlin said...: My little guy is pretty amused by our remote control these days. Or the window blinds. Or our DVD boxes. Pretty much anything within reach has become a toy!
At October 6, 2010 at 8:04 AM , Emma said...: That is just too cute!!! Stopping by from the SITS Lamby group to introduce myself :-) x
At October 6, 2010 at 8:27 AM , Ofthesea said...: Hey Adriel! Lovely to see you are a fellow Lamby!

That boy is too cute for words, doorstop and all. My C's vice is any empty plastic bottle. I'm saving thousands in toys!
At October 6, 2010 at 11:08 AM , Wining Mommies said...: Apparently the toy of choice in our house is a sippy cup. Now, to clarify, neither of the boys yet knows how to drink from it, but they absolutely love shaking it and banging it on the ground. Thank god for spill proof!
At October 7, 2010 at 12:56 AM , Anonymous said...: OMG! He's frickin adorable! I would like him to be my daughter BF! :)

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