Let's talk toys!

So we continue to have fun playing  with all  of Raya's new toys from her birthday!

The dollhouse however will certainly  be the death of me. Brielle LOVES it, but it  makes me so nervous with all  the little peices. So we tried putting a baby gate around it to keep Brielle out (and Raya could sit inside and play) ....but  90% of the time it just breaks Brielle's heart and she cries like you've shunned her from the family, so  then I feel  bad  and let her in!

And today I  had  time to show Raya  exactly what everything in the dollhouse is and does (because some of the items she wasn't quite  sure) and so now she is playing  nicely with everything and doing a better job of keeping items in the correct rooms---but  in general still my OCD kicks in every night after they go to bed  and I spend 15 minutes carefully putting all the rooms back together!!! LOL....hopefully soon she will  catch on and keep everything neat and tidy :-P

Another  big hit  has been  the Lalaloopsy figures that  my friend Bridgett  gave Raya. She called them "my two little girls in the two little  houses"...but  in actuality the "houses" were just the  boxes they came in haha. She liked the figures and little items that  came with them, but didn't have anything for them to *do*. So today we used her birthday money from Lee's parents to get the Lalaloopsy house...and Raya  has been  having tons of fun with the secrete doors and porch  swing and little picnic table etc.  that  came with it!

There is room in the house for furniture and stuff, but she doesn't  have any of that. She still thinks  it's fun though! Grandma and Grandpa F., maybe  you can keep an eye out garage saleing for any accessories and furniture!

The little figures  are very cute though. The have "button" eyes and are  supposed to look  like little rag dolls. Their legs  dangle and their heads bobble hehe.

Raya also  continues  to love her Barbies! I'm now on a mission to organize all of her new toys haha. Luckily my parents are planning to have  a garage sale in August so I hope to sell  off some of our outgrown toys to make more room for all the fun new big girl stuff! (Although this would  be easier  to do if I could decide whether I still  wanted a 3rd baby lol...for now I think I'm safe selling off at least some of it until I decide for sure :-)

Are  there any fun "big  girl" toys that your kids really  love???? I'm loving the new level  of toys available to my now 3-year-old! Please share any new trendy toys that your kids love!! I'm so  glad to have girls  at times  like  this, because  I think this stuff  is so much more fun than GI Joes and dinosaurs and wrestlers and matchbox cars :-P No  offense to the boys, but their  stuff is kind of lame! ;-)

And lastly, here  are some cute pictures of the girls today (we went shopping because the only  place where I can buy tulle for my tutus had their tulle on sale 50% off! So we drove 30 minutes there to buy a ton and stock up! Then we went to the Children's Museum (since we have a year long membership now) and we ate a yummy lunch at Panera and had cookies for dessert :-) Fun day!

Hope you enjoyed this toy filled Tuesday update! :-)