zen wednesday - no batteries

have you noticed how every toy seems to make noise, talk back, or respond in some way. i was thinking about that as we were driving to meet some friends and avery was in the back seat with her dora phone. she loves pushing buttons and saying hi to dora and then putting the phone up to her ear. she was entertained the whole drive. i wondered what we ever did before fake-talking-cell phones...

the next morning i decided we needed some battery-free play time. we got out some puppets and made them sing and dance. she had fun putting her hand in the horses mouth and pulling the stick to make the cowgirl wave.


avery also discovered how fun it was to pull this car/boat/plane toy she got for her birthday from aunt tay-tay. she made laps around the house and had a blast dragging them around.


i had a lot of fun playing with avery and letting her explore toys that did not shout the name of a color, sing her a song, or say the letters of the alphabet. we have those toys, and she likes to play with them, but this week we found zen in interacting and playing without batteries.


thanks aj (aunt jenny) and aunt tay-tay for the great toys!