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So, so gross. And so wrong. Gag gift or not, someone somewhere is spraying crap all over their floor and telling their kid to get cleaning. Eww!

My brother, age 7 at the time, asked for briefcase and three piece suit. And he got it. And we still tease him about it.

My brother and sister-in-law made a set of these for everyone in our family and gave them to my son for Christmas. He refers to his extended family as "My People" so that's what my brother called them. He went wild for them and still enjoys pulling out Little Auntie Emmy, etc.

Totally fine, use it! We used ours for my 1st, 2nd (2 1/2 years later) and plan on using it for a 3rd should he or she come along as long as it's not expired. We need to re-use more than we do, especially when it comes to baby stuff! It's so wasteful, and not to mention expensive. Good luck with your baby.

Very nice!! Like another room in the house! I would be tempted to add window boxes for more plantings without sacrificing floor space, especially with a toddler. Overall, GREAT job!!!

My style too! Although I like to refer to it as "Future Hoarder" :)

Very nice! I love the bed and all the colors, especially the striped curtains!

I picked day off...but I would want it not on Mother's Day. Like spend the day with my family on Sunday and have Monday off...is that an option???

I love, love, love play food of all kinds and so do my kids! I even like the plastic stuff when it's done well. My favorite of the above pics is the Haba market bag and fruit.

Soap box...

"My ploy to force my children to make play food out of LEGOS and wooden blocks has come to an abrupt halt."

I just read a similar comment the other day on AT family and I have to say, I don't get it. I mean, I GET wanting your kid to be imaginative and develop play skills without things being all made up for them, but there's so much imagination that goes into pretend play with food and a play kitchen as it is. I am a speech therapist and I have to say that children really flock to play food. So much language can be gained from it. And many very young children don't have the skills to do that level of imaginative play (i.e. pretending a wooden block is a piece of bread) until they are a bit older, even 2 1/2, 3 or even 4. WIth LEGOS and blocks, they may be missing out on a lot of good play and opportunities to develop a whole repertoire of amazing language. After all, aren't we all attracted to really beautiful and colorful things? Especially as children?

We spent 3 weeks in Italy right before my son turned 2. He fell in love with Barbapapa! Thanks for sharing!!