The fast food cup March 2, 2009

I was cleaning out our uppermost kitchen cabinets the other day when to my horror I found three, yes three, of these gigantic plastic cups from Carl’s Jr. My first thought was, holy mother of god, did we really used to drink that much soda?!? My second thought was, hey these would make great toys! And they totally did. My son has a blast nesting them inside each other, wearing them as hats, loading them up with toys, and “singing” into them (they make a nice echo). Occasionally I find him happily toddling around the house with his arm in one, not sure what that is about. He’s happy and I feel moderately better about our sordid high fructose corn syrup-consuming past.

Take out food container – hours of toddler fun February 19, 2009

One night when the grandparents graciously brought us some takeout, our son seemed obsessed with the containers so we decided to clean one out and give it to him. That was months ago and it is still one of his favorite toys. He likes to open and close it, shove his nose against the clear side and look through it, shove it against other people’s noses, push it around on the floor, play with the little hole on top, and on and on. He only has a few words but “box” is now one of them, thanks to this free toy! It is surprisingly sturdy too. If you happen to get one of these plastic takeout containers, clean it out and try it!