Fabulous Thriftiness

Look at this amazing staff of Lego found in my favourite charity shop, any parent who loves Lego knows that it's really expensive for anything other than a small Lego man. My children are mainly trapped inside the house during these holidays, so it's a great time to get the Lego out.  However it takes a huge amount of time and money to save enough pieces to get truly creative, but the above pile cost me £3.50 and mostly filled these two boxes.

They did have some already in them but having taken the bigger Duplo style Lego out(which I'm giving to a friends child) there wasn't a lot left. It's very exciting how full they are, and yes at the moment they are all mixed up together too.
When I was young I loved the huge box of Lego at my Grandmas house, and now I understand why Grandparents always have great Lego stashes;it takes that long to build them up.

 These two are my favourite characters that I came across in the boxes, the off course there was other things mixed in there too.You always should look in your Lego pile if you lose something small.              

What's your favourite Retro toy?
Love Amanda.x.

Hello Baby - Brio Pounding Bench Review

Meet Lucas my 19month old boy and notice that not one picture of him is in focus, that's because he's a whirlwind of chaos & destruction (I think most boys are), I've been having trouble getting Lucas to focus not just on camera but on any one toy for any amount of time. 

Until the lovely people at Hello Baby sent the Brio Pounding Bench to review, he loved it and its certainly a classic for a reason its strong design & bright colours make it a great toy for children of all ages; I had trouble getting it off my 4 year old who wanted to do pounding time trials. The only thing I would change is the plastic pegs to wooden ones as the plastic slightly cheapens the look of the product, but that's just me.

What's more he sat and played with the Pounding Bench for a full 25minutes before wandering off and came back to it throughout the day, the pounding action encourages the development of hand-eye coordination and the hammering motion teaches children to direct their strength and firmly grip of 

a tool.

It's going to be a hard toy to beat for simplicity equalling great fun.

We award it  9 1/2 out 10.

Thank you again Hello Baby supplier of children's toys,prams, safety products & accessories.

Thank you again Hello Baby supplier of children's toys,prams, nursery furniture, safety products & accessories.

Amanda.x.