Good toys R worth it

For Christmas we bought the boys some Stockmar watercolour paints. Then I bought a set of wooden houses etc and a set of three simple puzzles for them to play with when they come to us. The Blue-eyed boy wanted to take the former home. I explained they were for here and asked what he'd play with if he took them home. "The old toys" was the answer, said in an 'obviously' kind of voice.

Good wooden toys can be expensive. But they're worth it. Many of ours are already 'second generation', and will one day be handed on so other children can play with them and enjoy them. Here's what the Blue-eyed boy created when he came to spend the day with us on Monday.

And as for the puzzles, Curly-Locks was delighted to discover he could do them (with a bit of a struggle) 'all by hisself'.

What's the use of doing jig-saw puzzles you ask? What I can tell you is that their dad is an expert at packing a whole lot of stuff into the trunk of the car!