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November 22nd, 2008
Parent Reviewers Blog Tours: Toddler Tote
A Simple Yet Addictive Toy
I would be lying if I said that I understood my daughter’s fascination with seemingly simple toys. Her love of cardboard boxes and FedEx envelopes baffles me to no end, and yet, I was skeptical of the “Toddler Tote” by Lauri Toys when I received it in the mail. It consisted of nothing more than different geometric shapes and animals made out of rubber and 7 plastic pegs in a cardboard carrying case. And while the vivid colors were eye-catching, I had no clue that these items would be the answer to my WAH mommy prayers.
You see, I was hired to do some design work for a MAJOR event and it has required me to work around the clock for almost two weeks now. And because I work from home, this has proven to be a battle of wills between my two year old and my job. But the Toddler Tote rescued me from what would have probably ended with me screaming and crying in a heap on the floor as my daughter ran through the house naked and jumping on the furniture.
My daughter has been playing with this non-Made-in-China toy for hours on end. She names all of the shapes, colors, and animals. She pretends to fly a plane or swim with fish and has even counted all of the pieces. Her favorite activity and the one that makes her concentrate the most is trying to put the puzzle pieces back together. It has been amazing to watch.
From a Mommy perspective, The Toddler Tote is perfect for imaginative play, which is a skill that children, thanks to technology, don’t get to develop any more. And I love the simplicity of it as it is very easy to take it in the car or to the doctor’s office. I do wish, however, that it came in a better case. The cardboard cannot stand up to the roughness of my Toddler and I have had to put the pieces in a Zip-loc bag for storage.
All-in-all this is a great product and it gets the seal of approval from both all of us in my house.
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