Hand-Me-Downs

My mother-in-law recently found some old toys in her attic that had belonged to Allison, her eldest grandchild (and one of my faithful blog readers!).  Jan brought all the toys out into her living room where the girls were playing, and they were thrilled with new discoveries.  I didn’t expect the girls to realize these were different toys than what they  usually play with; I figured every toy is continually new to them at this stage.  However, I’m afraid that I must be boring them at home with their current playthings, given the excitement and diligence with which they investigated their new belongings. 

Allison, thanks for letting your cousins benefit from all your old toys.  I didn’t know you when you were their age, but I have to say, you took very good care of your toys as an infant.  There isn’t a scratch on them!  I think my kids have already nearly gnawed the legs off the little giraffe in one of your playsets, and Susie has decided that your purple musical carousel looks much better upside-down.  We’ll see if there’s anything left of these toys by the time you come visit this summer!

Here’s Susie playing with one of the toys:

And here’s a video of her futile attempts to close each door on the toy: