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My mother has a knack for sending delicate, unwieldy, highly breakable, holiday-themed knickknacks that are absolutely enthralling to a 3yo and need to be wrapped in bubble wrap and...
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stored all year until the next holiday. In our non-existent storage, given that we live in a tiny NYC apt. But it's a moot issue, as 3yo breaks it before we can even store it. I'm thinking of the blown-glass Nutcracker and the sugar diorama Easter egg here.
posted April 9th, 2010 at 12:55pm in
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- Sounds a bit like my ILs. Talked for weeks to 3yo ds about the great Xmas gift he was getting...talked it up that day but wouldn't let him open it for hours. Finally brought it out and...(more) 4-9-2010 1:00pm
he wasn't even allowed to take the paper off--it was a multi-piece (50+) motorized train set for under the tree, but we were all informed that it was only for him to look at, he couldn't touch it or play with it.
- omg, awful. my mom is not as bad as that! sorry. was he ever able to play with it. 4-9-2010 1:03pm
- No...the funny (but sad) thing is that FIL was in charge of opening it and putting it together. The pieces were just crumbling in his hands--it was a really cheaply-made set....(more) 4-9-2010 1:06pm
We ended up with a few cars and less than half the tracks. Motorized piece was even leaking something (and didn't work, so the set itself was useless.)
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