Friday Favorites with a twist. ;) Our little E is 16 months old today! Where in the world does time go?
This is by far my favorite age-- E has a personality, can really play and understand things/toys, understands commands, etc.
Very few things can keep her busy for long. Some things we're loving right now:
Shape Sorter-- While she can't exactly "play" with this toy, she does try to stick the shapes in. She knows how to open and shut the box, and therefore she dumps the shapes out 500 times every afternoon.
Fisher-Price Little People-- We have the princesses and Emma loves them! We don't have a house for them or anything (apparently they make cars and all sorts of crap for parents to buy), she's just happy with the people themselves. So is Oreo because he ate off Repunzel's arm. She even puts them up on the windowsil and then throws them on the floor. They are the perfect size that she can also teethe on them without worrying she'll choke.
Melissa & Doug Standard Unit Blocks-- Best purchase ever! We play blocks at least twice a day. She can stack several up and loves carrying the stacked blocks around. I always try to create a big caste but it never lasts long-- Godz-Emma comes crashing through.
Pipe cleaners/Poms-- Really any kind. I found some on Amazon for $1 each. This weekend I'm going to try to put a hole in a container and have her put the poms in the container thru the hole. Should be good for hand eye coordination, cognition, something?
As I mentioned (back here), she loved the pipe cleaners and colander. That kept her busy for quite some time! Nathan likes to make one long pipe cleaner for her to play with. They are a big hit right now.
Bears/babies-- Another huge hit! Shoot, even the dog toys! It's crazy. We lined them all up yesterday (probably 30 small stuffed animals) and we played school. Emma was pretty disruptive and sat on half the class but we had fun. She will hug all the animals and kiss them. She loves to put them places and give them to the dogs.
Shoes-- Yup. Socks too but mostly shoes. She carries shoes around and yells at me until I put them on her. 7AM my kid is wearing sneakers with jammies. She loves it when I let her wear my sneakers or even Daddy's shoes.
Crayons/Markers-- Coloring is huge right now. I printed off a sheet for Ash Wednesday and we colored on that until I caught her eating the marker. Ayy yi yi. She does get frustrated when they don't write as well (if she doesn't push hard enough) which can end badly. Emma loves to color on boxes we get in the mail..especially if she can get in the box! Bonus.
That's what we're loving right now! I'm also loving nap time. :-) Hope everyone is having an awesome Friday! xO
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