We got toys! Lots of them.

Sensing that our daughter is growing up, and that she has become bored with her current toys we decided to inject some new toys (well . . . new to VK) and get some of the old ones either out, or hidden.

Enter Ebay. Andrea found an auction for a bunch of toys for sale by a woman in Albany. Opening bid was $1.00. When it was all said and done we became the winners of a long list of toys including a popping lawn mower, a fancy play vacuum, a Sesame Street toddler futon, and a ton of other perfectly useable toys. All of this for $10.50 and 3 hours of driving.

VK is blessed with a resourceful mother who wishes to keep her child engaged and boredom free. She also happens to be frugal. Thank goodness.

Now how to manage the complacency issue. 1st we have to get the baby toys outta here. . . in many cases they will just get sent back to their rightful owners who loaned them to us in the first place, in other cases they will be sent to entertain those newly arrived or soon to arrive babies of friends, and if there are any exceptions. . . they will be donated.

2nd we will probably start some sort of toy rotation to take some of the toys out of circulation. I think that a 1 year old's memory is short and that if a toy is out of sight for a few weeks it is probably as good as new when it resurfaces. Plus. . . less for me to trip over.