Laughing With The Hide'n Spin Monkey™
Right about now, Justifiable Jealousy could be Alexis' band name. She could be jealous of the new baby because of how much of my time has been diverted to all things Mila. It would make sense to be jealous that activities are geared towards things that are newborn-friendly. Alexis could even be jealous because Mila gets to wear new clothes all of the time.
Nope.
Alexis is jealous of Mila's toys.
I have caught Alexis playing with baby toys just about daily for the past few weeks. It's hilarious, especially because 99.9% of the toys were Alexis' when she was tiny. To sum the situation up, Alexis is jealous that Mila gets to play with toys that Alexis long ago decided were no fun anymore.
Genius, eh?
That's the back story to how this happened.
Mila received a Bright Starts™ Hide 'n Spin Monkey™ in the mail for a review, but Alexis immediately grabbed the box and begged to put it together.
I was trapped under a sleeping Mila, so why not?
Ten minutes later, the Hide 'n Spin Monkey™ was ready for action. Mila was awake at that point, but it didn't matter because she couldn't have played with her fun new toy if she had wanted to. Someone else was busy hogging it.
"This is SO AWESOME!" Alexis proclaimed as she put the balls in the monkey's hat over and over and over again.
The Big Kid played with it for a solid hour. She pushed every button, tested every light, checked out all the different ways to make the balls shoot all over the place, and generally had a blast. You guys, she was laughing the entire time.
To make it even better, one of the cats took an interest in the brightly-colored balls and started fighting Alexis for them as they shot out of the monkey's barrel. That led to a giggle-fest of monumental proportions.
Who says you have to outgrow fun?
I took Alexis' laugh-a-thon as an opportunity to test out the Bright Starts™ Baby Laugh Index™. Sure, it's meant for babies, but she's MY baby, so there. Her score was a 78.8% probability of becoming an Insta Ha! Laugher. "The fearless first to laugh laugher gets the rest of the laughs roaring." Yup, that's her all right.
But what did Mila think of the Hide 'n Spin Monkey™?
Yep, it's laugh-worthy.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Reader Comments (99)
Love, love, love the pic!!
I love to watch the way my kids play together, and it makes me laugh at their silly games.
My children make me laugh daily and I am so grateful for that!
My children make me laugh. They are the best! :)
I know it's been said before, but my daughter makes me laugh. Hearing her giggle is a joy, and being silly with her, making noises or tickling or dancing around together makes me laugh.
My kids make me laugh. My son has finally caught on and tries to make me laugh.
I love listening to my boys conversations when they think I am not listening both together and the ones that the younger one has while playing with his toys.
Nothing wrong with Alexis "Quality Testing" the new toy for her little sister...
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My sons and my nephews make me laugh. (The latter of the two would get the toy if we won. I love being the aunt that gives the cool things. I LOVE BEING AN AUNT OMG.)
My husband makes me laugh.
hearing my children laugh together makes me laugh!
The way my 12 year old step daughter can get my 14 month old to laugh. And not just laugh..like belly busting laugh...
Oh, and how said 14 month old continually puts on c span when he gets the remote. Every. Single.time.
I laugh at the crazy things my son says
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My children make me laugh daily, they are just entirely hilarious.
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My children and my pets everyday.
My daughter's pronunciation of certain words always gets me.
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my kids make me laugh when they are being super silly. They always put a smile on my face when i'm feeling down.
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Whenever my daughter laughs.
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What makes me laugh are my two little nieces. They are hilarious!
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When my kids get silly and they start to laugh, it catches on and I laugh.
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The grandkids make me laugh
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What makes me laugh is when a child says the darnedest thing. Thanks for the giveaway!
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My kids and husband make me laugh
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My kids make me laugh. I so enjoy getting to watch them learn and experience new things.
My dog playing around the house always makes me laugh!
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The funny things my son says. Usually completely unexpected.