Busy Busy Busy

It's been a very busy day. I'll need more than one post to capture all the fun, but let's start with Iain's two new toys. Both are appropriate for his main toy-enjoyment approach ("Hey! I wonder how that would taste?")



It's a HABA toy, orange, red and yellow with lovely little nubs to shove against your aching gums. Good timing, since Iain appears to be getting his first tooth this week. At least, I hope so. If not, he's just grumpy.

Toy Number 2 has a similar purpose (that's what those eye-capsules are for), but also sits up by itself and can be tilted in various directions. The arms pull through from one side to another, too. And when it moves the discs make clicking noises. Basically, lots of fun in a froggy package. Note the hand.

And here is the cause of all this largesse. Aunt Miriam, giver of many wonderful things, maker of beautiful cross-stitched Beatrix Potter blankets and pictures, baker of Impossible Pies and maker of skinny pancakes, exemplar of elegance and proof that good parenting can make good people, and - above all - a really, really good friend.