Among her toys, there are 3 particular ones that are a hit with Anya recently. They are balls (something old), a wooden cake and tea set (something new), and Eeyore's bus (something handmade).
She loves tossing the balls into the air, watching them roll into a distance - sometimes, giggling when it happens as if it is the funniest sight she has seen.
Every now and then, The Furkid joins in the fun by chasing after the balls. When it happens, it usually results in a lot of adrenalin rush in both child and dog as one shrieks while the other barks excitedly while running all over the flat, colorful balls flying in the air. Alternatively, one of us adults will get involved in a game of catch with her.
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| And also, err.. using them to decorate baby sister?? |
Among the three hits, I think this is my least favourite because it is tedious work, rounding up 100 balls five times a day. Sure, Anya helps in keeping her toys, but then currently, it requires a lot of nagging prompting on my part in order to get her into it.
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| A pretty wooden box that contains... ... |
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| TA DAH~! |
The cake and tea set was purchased a few days ago. It seems that every children that I came across enjoy the whole song-singing, cake-cutting act at some point or another. It is no different for the particular one that I gave birth to. So, the other day, I was at the neighbourhood mall with her for a haircut - a disastrous one as you can see, when I chanced upon this pretty set on sale at half price.Quite a steal!
Since the set was lugged back a few days ago, we have all held numerous "parties" for Eeyore, Rabbit and Anya, "drank" copious amount of imaginary tea and "ate" countless slices of cakes. Even when she is playing on her own with the set, she would run up and down, serving us tea and cakes and looking pleased as punch when we exclaimed that the cake tasted heavenly or that she makes really good tea.
The cardboard bus was a fruit of labour of both The Husband and myself. He did all the cutting out of windows and doors, made and drew the wheels while I did the rest of the drawing and pasting of 'window panels' (I proudly proclaimed that it is air-conditioned). We were both mighty pleased at how the bus turned out. The only thing that I wished we could improve on was the wheels. If you have an idea on how to make the wheels turn, drop me a comment! I love the hear it!
As you may have deduced, Anya's favourite mule has been super busy. One moment, he has to attend tea parties; another moment he has turned into a bus driver. We have specifically named the bus as Eeyore's under Anya's request and The Husband even purposely measured and cut out the door to fit the mule. So, our little girl has been pushing the bus around the house, transporting her stuffed toys, balls and what-nots. We also attached a sash that came from one of my old blouse so that Anya can pull the bus along like her caterpillar. She, however, had other ideas and has improvised by wearing the sash at her waist and pulling the bus like.. erm... an ox ploughing the fields.
P.S. If you are wondering why Anya was wearing her Barney pajamas in most of the pictures, I don't blame you. Well, she likes them so much that she has been wearing them three to four times a week (We do the children's laundry 3-4 times a week). Actually, if she can have it her way, I'm certain she will wear it every night.
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