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Month: October 2021

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… Get to Feed the Fish in a Pet Store?

Posted on 30. October 20211. November 2021 by lyoness

Today was a special day for Lyons Cub. It was raining, so we didn’t drive to the animal park to walk around outside. Instead, we drove to three pet stores to visit the animals. He couldn’t pet them, but he got to look at bunnies and budgies in their cages, and—best of all—a clerk allowed…

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Product Review: Magnetic Building Blocks

Posted on 30. October 202130. October 2021 by lyoness

Right next to bristle shapes, I would recommend magnetic building blocks as an educational toy for toddlers and preschoolers. They train the hand and brain, because kiddo has to assemble structures with the understanding of magnetic forces, which is not an easy task. (Although, once your kids find out that the fridge and the range…

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… Observe the Otters at the Animal Park With a Toddler?

Posted on 26. October 202130. October 2021 by lyoness

Ahhh, finally!!! The otters were out. Maybe because it was a sunny day for a change (although it was quite cold for October, brrr… Lyons Cub wore a scarf and woolen hat for the first time outside). We made a trip to the Wildpark in Leverkusen again, in the hopes of seeing some animals that…

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… Go to the Wild Animals Park With Your Toddler?

Posted on 23. October 20211. November 2021 by lyoness

Lyons Cub loves parks, like the one with the climbing animals and exercisers, but most of all, he likes to pet animals. (Well, he grew up with two dogs, Honey and Sally, and two cats, Felix and Frankie, and several crested and gargoyle geckos.) So today, he was in for a treat. He had been…

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Product Review: Playdough Barber Shop Set

Posted on 23. October 202123. October 2021 by lyoness

Lyons Cub wanted to cut hair today–no, not his or mine, thankfully, but that of a little plastic doll that grandma lion found in an old box of her bigger grandkids’ stored play things. She brought a bag of playdough and utensils for play time yesterday, and my son excitedly stuffed the little dolly with…

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Product Review: Haba Marble Race Track Table

Posted on 22. October 202126. December 2021 by lyoness

Okay, so here’s something for the big builders among you: Feel inclined to spend many hours crafting a super-duper cool wooden marble race track table for your child? The one Lyons Cub and I found was in a Mall, but you can put one together at home with spare building blocks from eBay and an…

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… Invest in Health Care Stocks for Your Child?

Posted on 21. October 20217. January 2022 by lyoness

The time was right a couple of days ago to invest in BNTX shares again for Lyons Cub, when their price hovered at a low $246. I tried right from the beginning to give him a good start into a financially secure future, so I invested in different stocks I strongly believe in, such as…

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… Ride on a Toy Helicopter?

Posted on 10. October 202121. October 2021 by lyoness

Do your kids love those ride-on machines, too? Lyons Cub likes the ice-cream truck, Bob the Builder, the Minions’ space shuttle, the horse merry-go-round, and the fire-engine at the mall, but the bright red helicopter at the beer garden in the park with the climbing animals and the exercisers is something special. It costs one…

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… Train on Exercisers With Your Kid?

Posted on 10. October 202110. October 2021 by lyoness

Also feel like you’re already consuming too many pre-Christmas treats and chocolates? We certainly are!! So it’s off to the park and onto the exercisers for us. Strictly speaking, this parcours was created for seniors (at least, that’s what a senior told me when my son started climbing, rotating, stepping on, and hanging from them),…

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Product Review: Bristle Shapes

Posted on 10. October 202110. October 2021 by lyoness

Looking for a great educational tool for your toddler builder? Next to Duplo, MegaBloks, and Lego, I discovered bristle shapes. Lyons Cub received a package from a dear friend for his second birthday. I remember them vaguely from my childhood in the 1970s and 80s as “Nopper Steckbausteine.” Curious, I looked them up and found…

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Christmas Wish List for Toddlers

Posted on 9. October 202127. December 2021 by lyoness

It will be Christmas soon! Have you started creating your kid’s Christmas wish list yet? If not, it’s about time–you don’t want to be stuck in the Christmas rush, especially if you (like we) live quite far away from most family and friends and get many things by mail. The post offices will be overwhelmed…

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Product Review: Toddler Dino Pants for Fall

Posted on 3. October 202126. November 2021 by lyoness

Does your toddler also have the problem that the pants slide down his butt all the time? It’s important to me that my kid is well dressed. My son has short legs and is slim around the waist. This means that jeans and most types of trousers without an elastic waistband don’t fit him, since…

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… Explore a Real Fire Engine With Your Toddler?

Posted on 3. October 20216. October 2021 by lyoness

Already at 10 months of age, Lyons Cub saw a fire engine, but he didn’t enjoy this one, because it was at a pediatrician’s office in Michigan; he had gotten an ear infection while we were visiting relatives of Daddy’s. His love for fire engines remained unbroken, though. Of course, he had the little fire…

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… Make Chestnut Animals With Your Toddler?

Posted on 1. October 20214. October 2021 by lyoness

It’s the beginning of October, and the chestnuts are falling from the trees in abundance and knocking on the cars parked underneath. So we thought it’s time to collect some to make cute chestnut animals with grandma. We set out on a cloudy but dry day with a blue bucket and a green bag. An…

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