Comments on: WFMW: our best-ever toys

By: tricia

tricia — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:00:33 +0000

I just love your picture at the top of your blog. Very creative. I need to be more so when photographing my large brood of kiddos.

By: Hannah Jane

Hannah Jane — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:58:39 +0000

I like the new header!

By: maryjo

maryjo — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:32:56 +0000

my son played alot with his Thomas the train wooden tracks and trains. They are a bit pricey but we bought them at AC Moore with 40% off coupons and they will last forever. It creates alot of thinking as far as putting the tracks together the right way.

By: Audra Krell

Audra Krell — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:19:00 +0000

Oooh, the gears is a great one. But it wouldn’t have lasted long in my house either.

By: homemakerang

homemakerang — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:36:54 +0000

love the new header… i am still here but read about our new adventure living off grid starting oct 18, 2008 on our “new” 40 acre amish farm

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:35:11 +0000

Great ideas! I don’t quite have a pack/herd, but I do have 4! I am so looking forward to the day I can get the marbleworks set, but alas, my 3 year old and my 20 month old would just choke on the marbles. Oh well, these days are few.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:27:16 +0000

Oh, I LOVED Marble Works. I played with my set for so many hours; I think the box eventually disintegrated from dragging it everywhere.
Looking back on it though, isn’t it obnoxiously loud? I enjoyed the noise, but I wonder if it drove my mom crazy.

Two more that I adored were Litebrite (teaches colors and letters, but mostly just plain fun), and Easy Bake Oven. Although, I was never given adult instruction in the kitchen. I wonder if the Easy Bake Oven would be boring for your kids since you seem to give them great opportunities to learn in the kitchen.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:11:38 +0000

Legos are the best! Funny that you said “nothing with batteries”…Whenever my kids get somthing that requires batteries, we just don’t put batteries in it! They don’t know the difference! Ha!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:49:48 +0000

The most fun my 5 and 7 year old boys had playing outside this past summer was when grandma brought over giant pieces of cardboard. They used strong, wide tape to build a clubhouse, painted it, furnished it with items from the house, and even had places that were covered on top to shelter them from the rain (which it did almost an entire day and they were giddy with pleasure just to sit and talk inside the 100% Boy-made structure.)

It was truly the best “toy” we’ve ever encountered. All it required was creativity, imaginaiton, and ingenuity (and a buddy to share it with.) Who says a plaything has to cost a dime? I was so delighted at their enthusiasm of such wholesome play that I stood on the deck and peered down at them at one point and was just washed over by a sense of joy and admiration for what beautiful creatures God had given to me. It is so good to see siblings connecting and enjoying each other’s company without any prompting from a parent. Hmm… maybe it was magical cardboard.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:46:30 +0000

LOVE your new header! Too cute!