A typical afternoon

Before we had kids I would hear people say, "Oh you don't need to get kids anything fancy.  They will just want to play with the wrapping paper" - or the tags or the whatever nondescript item accompanied the ridiculously expensive children's toy you had just bought.

I'm not sure that I fully believed that until I had kids of my own.  For example, one of Caroline's favorite activities is to putting on our shoes and walking around the house.  She also enjoys playing with measuring cups.  In her spare she likes to play with tissue paper.

Today, however, this idea was really brought to light when the girls got out of the car and promptly began playing with PIECES OF CONCRETE. Yep, no super expensive bikes or sports equipment.  Instead our girls were entertained for quite a while with pieces of our driveway.

Caroline sounded especially pitiful as she cried and yelled, "Rocks!" as we dragged her back into the house.

I guess we know what to get her for her birthday.

Caroline is looking awfully defensive of those "rocks," don't you think?