Re: hyper = bored?

[Guest guest]

> Jacquie, I have a blow up toy, brand new in box, that you can rock in, and

> it's filled with balls or has balls in it or something like that. I think

> it says 50 balls or 100 balls or something.

>

> I've had it for 2 years now, but the picture on the box is of older kids,

so

> I never opened it. OK, I'm lying. The thought of 50 balls around here is

> so disturbing, AND the picture of the older kids, prevented me from

opening

> it.

Grace:

Your two are definitely old enough and I suspect they might like it. But

you are right about the balls. We constantly pick them up and throw them

back into the ball pit. Even the cats -- NO THE CATS DON'T PICK THEM UP,

SILLY!!! -- play in the ball pit and spill the balls.

At any given moment a room will have at least one ball pit ball in it. There

are ball pit balls in the garage, the back yard, the car, under beds and

down the laundry chute (a fun idea from the perspective of a certain age).

To punish myself even more, I bought EXTRA balls. I probably have 150 or

200, can't quite recall. Oh, and we have ballpit balls from our old

ballpit; I first bought a blow up ballpit such as you describe but those

always get holes so now I have fold up kind of ball pit, with a crawling

tube and a little room. It also has an attached basketball hoop.

Nonetheless the ballpit is SO much fun for my little kids that I really do

not regret all those balls.

Salli, lots of balls

[Guest guest]

Have you tried a Geosafari? We bought one with and he loved it...was

doing world geography at 4 years old. Now Conor loves it...they make it as a

laptop now..but you can still get the older version pretty reasonably priced

at EBAY. Some of the card sets include: World Geography, Animals of the

World, Sports, Dinosaurs, Music, etc.

Pam

Mom to and Conor

Check out our webpage and sign our guestbook

<A HREF= " http://www.geocities.com/oceangirl65/index.html " >Yahoo! GeoCities -

oceangirl65's Home Page</A>

For all my swapboard friends...leave feedback here

<A HREF= " http://209.164.119.207/55/mom2ri.html " >A1-Traders View User Feedback

for MOM2RI@...</A>

[Guest guest]

> This may not fit your budget, and I am sure about half of this list will

be

> appalled but GameBoy maybe?

> JD will play this for hours, and some of his games are actually

educational.

> This has saved me many a time in the car, in waiting rooms, just about

> everywhere.

I don't even KNOW how many Gameboys we have. I even have one so that I can

do email while Enrique plays Pokemon for me.

I am not appalled.

Salli

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/12/01 3:01:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, mom2ri@...

writes:

<<

Have you tried a Geosafari? We bought one with and he loved

it...was

doing world geography at 4 years old. Now Conor loves it...they make it as

a

laptop now..but you can still get the older version pretty reasonably priced

at EBAY. Some of the card sets include: World Geography, Animals of the

World, Sports, Dinosaurs, Music, etc.

Pam >>

And something that I always think of while shopping on my thriftstore runs....

Nearly all this stuff you can find at a decent thrift store. Really!

So, it may be 6.99 instead of 29.99 or whatever.

good luck!

kandie

Kandie and (9 years)

* 's website: <A

HREF= " http://kidsactivities.homestead.com/spage.html " >spage</A>

*

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/12/01 6:07:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,

kandiedem@... writes:

>

> And something that I always think of while shopping on my thriftstore

> runs....

> Nearly all this stuff you can find at a decent thrift store. Really!

> So, it may be 6.99 instead of 29.99 or whatever.

>

>

If you ever see any card sets for $6.99 please buy them for me and I will buy

them from you.

Pam

Mom to and Conor

Check out our webpage and sign our guestbook

<A HREF= " http://www.geocities.com/oceangirl65/index.html " >Yahoo! GeoCities -

oceangirl65's Home Page</A>

For all my swapboard friends...leave feedback here

<A HREF= " http://209.164.119.207/55/mom2ri.html " >A1-Traders View User Feedback

for MOM2RI@...</A>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/12/01 6:16:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,

bunnytiner@... writes:

> OOOH, great suggestion. Ours has been very popular. Even Putter likes it

> because of the flashing lights and numbers.

>

>

Conor started with it about a month ago...he saw it in 's closet. I

took it out and showed him how to use it. He met with frustration for a few

days. I watched him this morning doing a set on the planets...he got

everyone right and even knows how to put the codes in himself now. It is

great because sometimes in the mornings when he wakes up early it can

entertain him for about 20 minutes and that means a little extra sleep time

for me.

Pam

Mom to and Conor

Check out our webpage and sign our guestbook

<A HREF= " http://www.geocities.com/oceangirl65/index.html " >Yahoo! GeoCities -

oceangirl65's Home Page</A>

For all my swapboard friends...leave feedback here

<A HREF= " http://209.164.119.207/55/mom2ri.html " >A1-Traders View User Feedback

for MOM2RI@...</A>

[Guest guest]

> Have you tried a Geosafari? We bought one with and he loved

it...was

> doing world geography at 4 years old. Now Conor loves it...they make it

as a

> laptop now..but you can still get the older version pretty reasonably

priced

> at EBAY. Some of the card sets include: World Geography, Animals of the

> World, Sports, Dinosaurs, Music, etc.

>

OOOH, great suggestion. Ours has been very popular. Even Putter likes it

because of the flashing lights and numbers.

Salli

[Guest guest]

> Any suggestions for a 5yr old with a genius level IQ, 7 yr math

skills, 3 yr communication skills, who is learning to read and can do

simple math? Who has very rudimentary pretend play?

>

> Jacquie

Jacquie -

What about miniatures of his favorite characters?

Jacqui has become quite good at using her little friends (Sonic

adventure guys) to recreate all KINDS of things....from life events,

to video game re-enactments. (Of course, she always wants me to play

and we always have to play the same game, unless I attempt to

initiate something new).

The other thing is try to find some existing toys that can be used in

an unusual way. For example, Jacqui has a Fisher-Price Fishing game.

Now this game is for a 3 year old and she's really never played it.

Well, we incorporated her characters. Each one got to " fish " and fill

up their boat. When they were done, another character acted as the

judge and would help " add " the numbers on the fish (yes, there are

numbers on one side, fish pics on the other). So I would make Jacqui

do the addition.

she likes this game...at least she did. This morning she said " I

want to play a more THRILLING game than fish " .

ugh.

Anyhow, where am I going with this? I forget. Can you tell she's on

track break?

P.S. Are high end video games out of the question? Jacqui's is back

on the " sonic adventure " video game kick, and dh bought her a manual

which she studies intently...She's gotten to the end of all

characters but one.

Penny - Who's waiting very impatiently for Dec. 3rd

[Guest guest]

>

> That's all I can think of right now.

>

> Salli

That's all?

Penny - who wants to come play at Salli's house

[Guest guest]

> > That's all I can think of right now.

> >

> > Salli

>

> That's all?

>

> Penny - who wants to come play at Salli's house

Any time, Penny!

Salli

[Guest guest]

> I don't even KNOW how many Gameboys we have. I even have one so

>that I can do email while Enrique plays Pokemon for me.

>

> I am not appalled.

>

> Salli

I'm not appalled either. Between the Sega, the Sega Dream Cast, the

Game Genie, the Game Boy and other stuff my geeky dh has picked up,

we have everything covered.

Although it looks as if it's time to give Sonic Adventure a rest

again....See " sh*tty day " post.

ugh

Penny