Vintage Toys

I found Avery the perfect "new" toy, the Fisher Price Little People Fire Station (1978).

Avery and his "new" fire station

  Not sure what it is about the old school Fisher Price Little People that Avery loves but he loves them! Maybe its because both of his Grandma lovingly saved the toys of their babies childhoods so that the next generation could play with them or maybe it just the draw of the possible lead paint or possible chocking hazzard that they proide that make them so great. Whatever it is Avery would rather play with the Little People from 1982 (or so) then the new ones. He has had the new farm, prefers the old farm, has the new Ramp and gas station but perfers the old.  It makes me smile, cause I really like the old school little people better too. The only problem with  your child like toys made in the 70's & 80's is you cant just run to target and buy a new one. So thank you ebay.

Checking thing out

Lots of room to park all kinds of cars, trucks and tractors!

I'll Do It Myself!

We have a 2 year old... and we have now entered the "I can do it myself" stage.  Take getting dressed, he wears what he wants to wear and most days wants to put it on himself.

 

And when your 2, inside out, front and back, left and right, really are details you don't too much care about, so Avery usually goes for the "Criss, Cross" (for those who remember them) look. I love this kid, he always makes me smile :)

2 years, 3 months

Here are the stats for our silly little 2 year, 3 month old. He wears size 8 shoes, 2T pants, 2T & 3T shirts, size 5 diapers and 3T Pjs. We have been working on potty training for a while but not very seriously.

Elmo Undies!

How ever he his a big fan of wearing undies (over his diaper) ...FYI don't try to help him, he can do it himself :)

Swimming Lessons!

To help us thru the spring we signed Avery up for swimming lessons at the Y on Saturdays, and today was the first class. Avery is enrolled in SKIPS, basically a water safety/ water fun class for kids (6moths-36months) and their parents. So yes that means not only was Avery in swim lessons today, so were mommy and daddy.

Ready to swim!

Swimming lessons for a two year old are basically silly songs, splashing, blowing bubbles, jumping in and free time, but Avery loved every minute!

Checking out the water

Circle Time!

Our silly swimmer!

Playing with the noodle with Daddy

Bring on the Sand!!!

It looks like spring has finally arrived, so that means its time to get out the sand table and fill it was sand! This may sound like a dull task but oh no, it was the greatest thing in the world on a Wednesday night. Avery is the greatest helper his Papa could ever ask for. After getting the sand & water table out of storage and getting set up on  the deck it was time to get some sand.

Getting the sand with Papa

Avery hard at work transferring sand

And then of course you have test out the sand and make sure it still plays okay.

It's sand season ( or it will be)

Hopefully Spring is here to stay put snow flurries are still in the forecast.