Monday, April 30, 2007

new toys

Springtime brings us outdoors, and the lawn becomes littered with all sorts of toys. Then the garage sales start, and more toys become part of the whole mess. At least they aren't watching tv...

Here are our favorites so far:


The arrowcopter, which we found at the homeschool fair. This simple toy sort of replicates the helicoper seeds that spin down from the trees, with the exception that you must first launch it like an arrow, by way of a rubber band and short wood dowel.










DominoRally, which is alot of work for such a short - but fun - result. The kids like to set this up and watch it go off. Thankfully Dot can do it by herself!









Perfection is just the game for Jamie. He loves puzzles and he loves to have things "blow up," so he plays this over and over again.
And, of course, Wiffle Ball, which we've posted about before. I'm sure we'll be playing more of that this summer. Anything that makes the kids like baseball is a good toy for Jim.
This is one of the best parts of having kids - we get to be kids again, too. What is your favorite game?

2 comments:

KatriniZambini said...

I remember DominoRally! Sometimes real dominoes were better, though. It was hard to keep all of the plastic ones standing up on their hinges...

Unknown said...

We play a lot of UNO in between bus routes at Head Start. One day a new bus monitor played for the first time. As she's a Mexican immigrant, she wasn't used to the game. So, when she had only one card left, she yelled ... ONE!