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Dance while Brushing Teeth!

I thought those photos are pretty funny. Remy had lots of expressions on his face.
9 month old Remy can interact a lot with mommy. He knows to pose in front of the camera. He knows to preview the photos and films at the back of the cameras or computer screen. He imitates lots actions from his parents. Just couple days ago, he made a phone call on Ira's cell.
I took those photos to document how Remy started using tooth brush. Started a while ago, I started brushing my teeth in front of him and hopefully he would imitate me and play with his brush. This Banana brush now is an important toy in his life!

Zip-Bin

I got this Zip-Bin for Remy after seeing the reactions from other kids and parents in the store. Last week, when I was at Borders, I saw several boys were playing and having fun in the kids section. Their ages are from 1.5 to 4 years old. I went over and took a closer look at what they were doing. I saw they were playing with cars and car books. One of the kids had this package in his hand so I pick one up from the shelf, too.


This is a toy serves two functions. Kids can zip the map and made into a carrying bin or they can un-zip it and play cars on the map.








The package for this zip bin is quite amazing. It has very detail and clear illustrations with a lenticular card to describe how it functions. So people can assemble this unit within a minute. Being a designer, I really appreciate the package designers and toy company put their afforts and money to produce this product.

Package Overview when first opened.
Two cars included. There is a parking lot inside the cover!
One spot for handicap!


One zipper for each corner of the box.
To make the map into a box, simply zip up the 4 corners.


Un-zip the 4 corners. This box expends and becomes a map.
(Inside map view)


Top view of the box cover


Inside view of the box; a cover with a box.
Kids can put their toys inside this box and carry it to travel.


Outside view when cover is on!
There are velcro tapes to seal the cover so nothing falls out while traveling.

Howdy

My good friend, Alice is pregnant and going to have her girl in mid August. Last Saturday, we went to visit her and brought some presents for her and her little girl. We saw a very cute pink bouncy cow right in front of her nursery room. We have Remy "rest ride" it right away to see how little baby play with this toy. I thought this is really cleaver to use plastic for children's toys. Remy is teething and he loves to chew on everything in sight. So when he rode on this little howdy cow, he also chewed on the 2 handles at the top. Remy had fun even though he needs an adult to be aside to supervise him.
When I came home, I thought to get Remy one to play with. We found this manufacture in Italy does not only make Howdy, they also has Gyffy as Giraffes and Rody as horses. There's a rocking base sold separately which allows people to turn these bouncers into rockers. Tones of nice colors for Rody. You can find all sorts of information online.