I Want My Hat Back

TH ordered a copy of this great new children's book called I Want My Hat Back, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, and it almost instantly became a family favorite.  There are lots of books that Emmett loves to have read to him that are not my favorites, like his steam engine sticker book, for example.  Not a lot of story there.  But this book we really all enjoy immensely.  The protagonist is this hilariously low affect bear, whose hat has gone missing, and the story is his quest to get it back.  Some of the humor is a little dark, but the dark parts are all subtext, and go right over Emmett's head, which is perfect.  The best part of the story is how he gets his hat back, but I don't want to give everything away!  Go here to pick up a copy for yourself to find out!

Play

Minimalist play table with reversible chalkboard top and hidden storage from Land Of Nod, which I think it is a pretty good deal at $89.99 including two benches.

Emmett's Pick of the Week - The Bruder Catalog

Now this isn't a toy, exactly.  It's the little catalog that comes with every Bruder tractor, digger, or backhoe.  Emmett loves the vehicles too, but they are nothing compared to the little catalogs.  It's lucky we have 3 Bruder toys, and thus 3 catalogs, because he has read them so much that they are completely dogeared and shredded.  The one I photographed is by far the most whole of the three.  The pictures above are from a recent dinner out where the Bruder catalog afforded us at least 5 solid minutes of eating, together, at the same time, which for dinner out with a toddler is pretty good!  It is also our main go to distraction for car rides, waiting rooms, or any other time of need.  This little guy gets 5 stars on the Emmett-o-mometer! 

Truckformer IPhone App - Emmett's Pick of the Week

Emmett is completely obsessed with an Iphone app called Truckformer.  So much so that neither of us can take our phones out in his presence without either tears or some pretty aggressive misdirection.  We originally got it for a cross country flight, but now it definitely has come back to bite us in the ass.  It just has very clear pictures of a few kinds of vehicles, like a school bus, a fire engine, with very minimal animation, and a few sound effects.  He's bananas for it.  We've created a monster.

Emmett's Pick of the Week - Duplos!!

Here is Emmett's current favorite baby product:

Even though he is only 1 Emmett LOVES to play with his Lego Duplos.  He can't put them together yet, but he loves to pull them apart.  He tries to make them stick together just by placing them on each other, which just kills me, because of course they just fall right apart.  But he doesn't seem to mind.  He'll get there eventually.  It takes a lot of patience to be a baby!