Like Sierra, I'm trying to balance finances, consumerism and my own desire to add toys to Jett's stash.
Sierra, check out
Berlin Flyer" wagons. They are hand made in Ohio and are REALLY nice. We just got
this one. I had intended to buy the one with inflatable tires, but I found this one on craigslist for $40!, so I couldn't pass it up.
The
svan scooter and
Rody are big hits around here...HUGE hits. (Rody should be a lot cheaper than that site, by the way!) Here is DS
riding and
kissing Rody the day he got him.
His
brio push cart gets tons of use, carting rocks and
ferrets (this morning,) and model airplanes all over the place. Technically, the thing is a doll pram
but I don't know
how!
Oh, yeah...ferrets are great toddler 'toys.' but I don't exactly recommend that.
He's big into lacing toys, too. We have three: The Melissa and Doug transportation set, the Haba lacing beads basic set and the
Ryan's Room lacing snake. The snake is awesome because it has a wooden "needle" attached to the end and at 21 months, Jett can do this one. The others just have shoelaces and he can't get them all the way through the beads yet. So, the snake is the only one out in our living room right now.
We've had a ring around style
Gertie ball for almost a year. It's a constant hit. It's a very frictiony material, can be underinflated for easier handling and is way indoors-safe. We play with it tons.
Those are the top toys around here, long term.
Oh, and a Caterpillar dump truck and a Hess tanker truck. Those get played with daily. And ... matchbox airplanes.
Oh....I could go on...I love toys.