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

December 8, 2013 By Ellen Leave a Comment

  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 […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, bring and buy, clutter, declutter, tigger, toys

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: Mr Tumble Something Special toys

September 27, 2012 By Ellen Leave a Comment

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 or […]

Filed Under: Justin Fletcher, Makatron, Mr Tumble, phone, review, toy review, toys

Review: Mega Bloks Play ’n’ Go Table

July 20, 2012 By Ellen Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Mega Bloks, play, review, toys

Review: 3D Eiffel Tower puzzle by Ravensburger

March 18, 2012 By Ellen Leave a Comment

 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 […]

Filed Under: 3D puzzle, Ravensburger, review, toys

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