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It turns out that the Connect 4 game we bought for J isn’t “new and improved” as much as “completely different” than the Connect Four game we played as kids. Apparently whether you use the numeral or spell it out makes a big difference.
While the game we bought may be the “original Connect 4,” as [...]
OK, tell me you didn’t know exactly what this post was going to be about just from that title.
J returned some of his duplicate birthday gifts, and we suggested Connect Four as one of the replacements (and at something like $7, what I think is a real value). So far he and N are having [...]
We were visiting family the past few days, and of course they graciously had toys waiting for our boys. I found the contrast between two toys that N (age 2 1/2) received too funny not to share. (And in our family’s defense, I’m still running this site in under-the-radar mode, and all gifts are graciously [...]
I forget now whether we bought these first as gifts and then for our own son, or the other way around. (Or, actually, maybe we saw a friend using it at a restaurant and then started buying them in bulk.)
These wooden dress up bears (they have both a boy bear and a girl bear) are [...]
J (now age 6) started getting the Matchbox pop-up playsets at his birthday/holidays at the end of last year, and now both he and N (age 2 1/2) play with them regularly. We love them, too… they have no batteries, have very few loose parts, and fold up to a very compact size, making them [...]
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