[blparent] toys toys toys!

[jill]

I can so identify with this one!
Jill

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 3:43 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] toys toys toys!

Especially when you're carrying groceries and trying to wade through them on

your way from the front door to the kitchen, without breaking anything, most

of all your neck.

Jo Elizabeth

"Some people see things as they are and ask why.  I dream things that never 
were and ask why not."--Robert F. Kennedy

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 2:37 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] toys toys toys!

> I am the worst person to ask, we have entirely too many and they seem to
> multiply at a rate of one per minute. (lol)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Pipi
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:28 PM
> To: blindparenting at googlegroups.com; blv-moms at googlegroups.com; NFBnet 
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> Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] toys toys toys!
>
> Hey y'all,
> How do you decide what is too much toy wise? How do you decide what to 
> keep,
> get rid, of and when to buy more?
> I have my days where i want to start a bonfire and toss every toy in the
> house into it. There are other days where I feel like Savannah is bored 
> and
> needs more. I have a list of toys that I'd like her to have. I've 
> purchased
> quite a bit lately, but some are being held back for her birthday and
> Christmas.
> I've been blessed with clothes. I haven't had to buy Savannah more than 
> $100
> her entire life. I've been given so many nice things clothing wise that I
> just can't bring myself to spend the money of needless clothing. It's 
> gotten
> to the point, where I've given half her wardrobe away and she still has
> plenty.
> I tell you this, because I feel my money is better spent on toys! I'm just
> struggling as to what to get rid of, if anything, so that I can purchase
> more educational toys for her.
> I know there's no cookie cutter answer as to how much is too much. I'm 
> just
> looking for ideas on how others make the decisions?
> Pipi
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