New Toy!

You wouldn't know it from looking at our living room, but I don't often go out and splurge on a toy for Madeline. And yet our living room is full of toys. Not sure how that happened. I guess I've kind of just picked stuff up along the way. I do try to buy a lot of things second hand ....it just makes more sense for kids toys as they're usually in great condition and you just never know if your kid is going to like it or the box it came in better. So this weekend Michael and I took Mad to Toys R' Us to pick out a new toy. Michael had won an award at work and the award came with a AMEX giftcard and he wanted to use it to buy her something (he is the best Daddy ever!). We ended up with the Fisher-Price Stride-to-Ride Learning Walker. It's a walker that she'll then be able to ride on when she's a bit older. It's in the shape of a car and has a stearing wheel, signal indicator, a trunk that opens and closes to hold her toys plus it talks to you and plays silly songs. So far, she loves this thing. Especially the horn that beeps when you press it. Her expression below says it all....

So far, money well spent. Now she just needs to learn to walk with it.