My Favorite Toy Is....

It's amazing how much money you can spend on toys . And yet, it all comes down to imagination. I remember when I was growing up we didn't have a swimming pool in our town. So the neighborhood kids and I would fill up drawstring trashbags with the water hose and then pull the draw string up around our necks to keep the water in. We would sit in those things for hours. Can you imagine what people driving by thought? Nick thinks this is an absolutley ridiculous story and loves making fun of me for it. But the point is this, do you really need money to be happy? No. Look at Isabelle enjoying this old stool we bought at an antique store for $10. She loves this stool. She jumps off it, climbs on it, puts blankets over it to make forts, plays her dolls using it as a house. What I wouldn't give to get that childhood ImaGinaTion back.