For years I thought that a toy was something purchased from Target or FAO Schwartz. To my mind, it was a pre-designed item, intended for use by a child.
However, I have been re-educated.
A ‘toy’ is anything. All it has to do is pull in a child’s attention. In fact, it seems that the best ‘toys’ are rarely toys.
Currently Rada is entranced with Christmas lights. The lights are sitting on the floor, and when they’re all lit up, they play the role of some kind of ‘burning bush’ with her mardi gras beads as the strawberries that are growing on it…
The trains look on, with Sir Topham Hat making frequent comments.
I may be missing the finer points of her fantasy but the important thing is that she’s utterly engrossed in it… absorbed in Christmas lights.
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Lights are so fun! I’ve never actually gone to this but if Rada’s that fascinated, you should consider bringing her to the Stone Zoo to see the Zoolights (google Stone Zoo, the links too long!). If I remember correctly, there was a family in Peabody that used to use these lights to decorate their home but it got to the point where you couldn’t get into their neighborhood so they donated everything to the zoo. It looks just beautiful!
Sam’s current favorite toy is an empty orange juice carton. I don’t think his imagination is as developed as Rada’s since he seems to just want to carry it around the house and chew on it, but what do I know? Maybe he’s got an advanced storyline attached to it. It’s hard to know what’s going on in that little fuzzy coconut sometimes.