Today we went to Toys”R”Us together as a family. That includes my husband, who I goaded into going after a rousing trip to Home Depot. We hemmed and hawed over outdoor play toys. We decided on and procured a plastic playhouse. We shlepped it home.  We didn’t like it when we took it out of the box.  We (I) had to go back to return it. I got a new and improved one. My husband set it up.Â
Because every two-year-old needs his own personal plastic playground.
My son played on it for about four minutes before he resumed his favorite game of “throw the rocks” and asked to go to the park.
Next weekend we’re going to see Sesame Street Live.
I’m officially the mom of a toddler.
If you tell me by next year I’ll be reciting all the words to “The Wiggles” greatest hits I may sock you.
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Just say no to the Wiggles. Under any circumstances. If you want to get the kid into some music that won’t make your teeth set on edge, try Dan Zanes or Mr. Ray.
OMG. This post really brought me back. I used to take my kids to Toys R’ US just to kill an hour or so. It’s been ages since we’ve been there. I won’t say anything about the Wiggles (except that I can STILL remember the lyrics), but you will be surprised at how quickly this phase passes.
Oh, and manager mom makes a great point. There are other really great children’s music artists out there. Laurie Berkner’s “Under the Shady Tree” was one of our favorite CDs.
We have one a wooden swingset and the girls love it. Saturday we are driving to dinner with my family when I see a small plastic playhouse on the curb just one street over with a FREE sign! I got all giddy at the thought of it. My husband wasn’t so giddy. I told him we’d wait and see if it was still there when we got back and we’d grab it. It was gone. I am now heartbroken.
Ha!
We actually took my oldest to see the Wiggles when she was 2 1/2.
Yes- such a rite of passage. You might find that your nice new playset is a big hit with the neighbor kids while YOUR child is in the corner of the yard picking big clumps of grass and throwing them up in the air. Yay.
Steph
Congratualtions on reaching yet another rite of passage. Early parenthood is full of them – whether maddening or joyful (or a little of both) you MUST stop to recognize them!
My most recent rite of passage: I can now go for a walk with my (older two) kids riding bikes along side me! Never thought I’d see the day…
I got a cheap plastic jungle off of Craig’s list when D was tot. Boy was I glad that I only paid $25 for it – the kid rarely played on it and more often tried to crawl up the slide than go down. It sat in our backyard for 18 months and I can count on both hands the amount of times he acknowledged his presence. Although ours wasn’tr as fancy as yours. The only plus was that I sold it for more than I originally paid.
I think he really wanted a play house. I’d take him to ToyRUs all the timke to just let hium play in the $00 houses. Who knew that plastic with cheap stickers could cost so much?
I have seen both Sesame Street Live AND the Wiggles in concert. You are a lucky woman. Enjoy.
I refused to go the Wiggles way and actually escaped it with my 2 boys. Like you guys, we also did not escape the calling of those faux stone plastic houses. Sesame Street live we’ve never seen as well. Have fun with Elmo!
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I have been really lucky. My youngest is not interested in mose cartoons, including the Wiggles. Now he is obsessed (psychotic)about Thomas the Train, but that I can deal with.
Umm..we have a bright red Wiggles Guitar that plays little tid-bits of all those catchy songs! The batteries went dead about a year ago and the stores mysteriously (wink, wink) stopped selling that kind of battery..huh? What a shame.. My husband was really, really sad.
I have to say that I really like the Wiggles. Sure they are dorky and their show is a seriously low-budget production, but their music is catchy and my daughter loves it. I just like that they are real people singing and not cartoon voices. We will have to look into the musicians the others suggested. We are also fans of Elmo of course. Right now Elmo’s Potty Time is the current favorite. My daughter will even tell you that Baby Bear goes “woo woo” and not “poo poo.” Nice, huh? I knew I was a mom of a toddler when my daughter insisted on lifting her shirt for the people behind us in line at the library and showing them her belly button. Can we NOT save that for HOME? Hmpf.
Okay, now I have “Fruit Salad, Yummy, Yummy” in my head…
oh joy.