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

June 9, 2013 By Ellen 4 Comments

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, […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, army, gender, guns, toys

Review: Light Strike the interactive gaming system

December 2, 2011 By Ellen Leave a Comment

My boys got very excited about this “interactive gaming system” when a whole heap of interesting looking boxes arrived for us. We had been some Light Strike kit to try out. Actually when I say “we” I mean “them”. Shooty games are just not my bag, I hold the coats when we’re at one of […]

Filed Under: boys, guns, Light Strike, review

Sinister or sweet?

July 7, 2010 By Ellen 6 Comments

Nearly wordless Wednesday.I was going to ponder on at length about guns, violence and children, instead I decided just to show you these and ask what you think.Boy Three picked up one of the weapons from his brother’s extensive arsenal. He could just as easily picked up a bow and arrow set, a water pistol […]

Filed Under: guns, violence, Wordless Wednesday

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