its amaizing how toys have become so advanced.... have you guys seen horton hears a hoot .. i thought it was amaizing. the animation was great......hope everything is going good ...

vera

different things you show to do with kids. I don't have any I do have nephews and am always looking for new things to do with them. Thanks for the homemade ideas! Question: Just wondering if your friend dynamics changed after you had your son? If some single friends or couples without children were supportive? Buenos Noches!

 

Some of them I used myself for my ninja turtles/playmobil/lego/Gi-joes/heman dolls when I was a little dyke girl, some of them I now use with my little cousin Julia:

 

- a geranium pot (or other) = a tropical desert island

- a pile of VHS/Beta tapes = a mexican pyramid

- a big brown blanket + big newspaper balls under it = a desert with dunes

- various flattened out egg boxes = lunar landscape

- a white pillow = an iceberg

- a spaghetti colander = an UFO

- a plastic shower curtain = the sea

- potato peels = mutant monster worms

- shoelaces = drawlines for multiple purposes/scenarios

- a cocktail shaker = a time capsule

 

ok, some of them are stupid, most of them are lame ... but I've had lots of fun with them!!!

 

oh and yeah.... HORTON ROCKS!!!

Baarlijan Xen: Those are great ideas! I especially like the mutant monster worms.

Fem Doc: We've been lucky in that all our friends have been supportive. The ones without children were a little overwhelmed, though, when we'd visit with our infant and all the stuff we needed even for a short trip. Visiting has gotten easier as our son has gotten older, though. Our social calendars have definitely changed, though; it's not as easy just to go out to dinner with friends. We've also moved to two different states since becoming parents, so we keep up with many of our older friends through e-mail--and the new friends we meet tend to also have children, just because we meet them through our son's school and activities.

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