toys

341/365 Bye Tigger, it’s hard to see you go…

December 8, 2013 By Ellen

I find clearing out the kids’ toys incredibly difficult. Not only is it an irksome chore, but it gives me proper pangs of something a bit like regret. Today was declared a day of action, team tidy-up before we could allow the tinsel and festivities in. The Boys were charged with tidying their rooms […]

160/365 If little boys must play with guns, then make them out of icing

June 9, 2013 By Ellen

Boy Three contemplates his icing soldier His defenses appear to have been buttercreamed For Boy Three’s birthday my friend Fionaoutdoors offered to make him a cake, something she’s very good at. She asked what kind of cake he’d like and he said: “A gun.”Visions of icing trains, tractors or even dinosaurs fled, leaving sticky trails. Eventually, […]

Review: Mr Tumble Something Special toys

September 27, 2012 By Ellen

Mr Tumble languishing on the naughty step “You are very, very bad. Go to the naughty step at once,” Boy Three gave Mr Tumble a right talking too. I have no idea what Mr T had been up to, except that the way his nose lit up might suggest he’s got a bottle of sherry […]

Review: Mega Bloks Play ’n’ Go Table

July 20, 2012 By Ellen

Mega Bloks Play ‘n’ Go Table demonstrated by Boy Three When the rest of the world comes to its senses and puts me in charge I have a very long list of legislation I will enact. One of these things will be to ensure that every toy that comes with bits must have a suitable […]

Review: 3D Eiffel Tower puzzle by Ravensburger

March 18, 2012 By Ellen

When there’s a jigsaw that requires testing, there is really only one boy for the job in our house – Boy One. He likes a jigsaw… a lot. So it fell to him to put the Ravensburger 3D Eiffel Tower puzzle through its paces. The blurb says: “Each jigsaw (there’s also Big Ben and the Empire State […]