Kate's Favorite Toys

Last night, we were over at my parent's house celebrating Nanny's birthday and Kate was playing with several toys I had as a child.  It's been fun going down memory lane seeing all these toys I had forgotten about.  Last night, Kate was attached to a mini glow worm.  It has a pink pouch with a yellow string and she wore that glow worm around her neck the entire night.  

I decided this morning to take a few pictures of Kate's favorite toys here at our house.  Some of them aren't new and others she just at Christmas but all of them get a lot of attention.  I usually try to take a picture of everything she gets at Christmas and her birthday, but I forgot to do that this year.  It's a great reference when I need to buy a gift for a friend that is younger than Kate - I just look at things she has gotten in the past.  

 This is her "Bunny in a Box" that she got at Christmas from Mrs. Carol.  The mini bunny comes with a mini pillow, mini blanket and the box that is decorated like a bed.  It is so cute and yet so simple.

 The shopping cart (usually filled with plastic food).

 Kate's new kitchen.  Santa brought her this kitchen to put in her room and her old, round kitchen now stays outside under her swing set.  This girl loves to cook!

Cash register - it has a working microphone and working belt to move the food down, the drawer opens to reveal money and credit cards, it has a food scanner and comes complete with a shopping basket.  

Too cool!

 I would venture to say this is Kate's favorite gift from Christmas - a wooden cookie set.  She "bakes" a batch of cookies at least once a day. 

Her Rapunzel dress and shoes.  I never realized how loud princess shoes could be on hard wood floors!

 A previous Christmas gift from my sister-in-law, a vintage suitcase decorated with scrapbook paper and filled to the brim with dress up clothes.  She also had the creative idea to keep the pictures of each costume so we can refer to them (which we have often done to know what items goes with what costumes). 

Love this gift idea!

 Meet Diva.  I think her name is hilarious and Kate named her. Knowing her past naming decisions, I'm surprised her name wasn't Lovebug.  Mimi gave this to Kate last valentine's day and Diva sleeps in Kate's bed every night.  If you press her belly, she sings "Be My Baby" and chirps in between lyrics. 

 Minnie Mouse is still one of Kate's favorite things 

Her little Minnies and their accessories are great to take out to church and to restaurants.

 You might recognize this contraption - it's a dishwasher basket to wash bottle accessories.  However, Kate discovered this over a year ago and decided she needed it for her princess toys.  We call it the "princess cage".  It's an odd holder, but strangely enough it works great to keep all her mini princess dolls and their dresses in. 

 Kate received her first mini princess in August while we were out of town at the conference as a bribe to behave while we were eating out.  Her collection has slowly grown and now her latest request is a princess carriage to drive all the princesses around.  It was $20 at Target so I told her we would have to pass - she was devastated.  But now I'm thinking if it will motivate her to go number two on the potty all by herself I might get it and display it for her...

Last, but not least, are her litter of Kitties.  Currently, she sleeps with all three of them and will not go to sleep until all three of them are present and accounted for. 

It won't be too much longer when Mason will start having his favorite toys.  For now, Kate is happy to help Mason play with his toys.