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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “toys”

Greens War on Barbie

No Gender December wraps up

‘GREENS WAR ON BARBIE’ the headline roared. It was the perfect front-page story in the lead-up to toy consumerism on steroids – also known as Christmas.

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Lego ad

Lego, snow, a pony and spaceship

Libby wrote her Santa letter today. There was no time for small talk. No ‘how’s life in the North Pole treating you?’, ‘did Rudolph like the spinach we left out last year? Sorry we didn’t have any carrots.’ She cut straight to the chase. The list of ‘wants.’

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Jonah

A typical boy

My son is a whirlwind. Always has been. He rolled across the floor at nine weeks old. He crawled, walked, ran and climbed in his first year.

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Lammily

For the love of Lammily

  I bought a Lammily! I bought a Lammily!

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Thank you GoldieBlox

This. This, this, this:

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Mop shoes

Cleaning trickery inspired by Pippi

There’s a lot not to like about the girls’ and boys’ toy sections in stores across the globe.

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Merida, before and after

Keep Merida Brave

Here’s a bad parenting confession: I couldn’t wait for Lib to watch television.

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Getting to know you

Hi there, and welcome to my new blog.

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