BYC Café

[OrganicFarmWife]

Good Morning OFW, I always wondered why the older people in our life would smile so big when they gave one of our DD's a toy that made some kind noise, the louder the more they smiled. Now I am the older one and I do smile when we give a little one some toy that has a button or 3 even! Did DH learn anything about kids and buttons yet? Scott

I doubt it, he gets to go outside and work, I get to stay home and listen to the song :/ lol although he did already ask me how long I thought the batteries would last. I told him I didn't know, but that I had already checked and they have it sewn into the dress, not easily turned off

We all love dirt! she was able to play in that bit of dirt because the new chicks had just pulled it up to bathe Her parents are not big fans of dirty but when she comes to CrazyLadies she has *coop clothes* But she did not go home in the same pretty condition she arrived in

I am always happy to see my girls a little messed up. It means they had fun

 

[Bunnylady]

OFW, when my son was little, we picked up a toy firetruck for him at a yard sale. The person selling it seemed puzzled that the buttons on it didn't do anything - they used to. When I got it home, I took it apart and saw that a wire had come loose from the battery pack. I got out the soldering iron an reattached it - and came to the conclusion that the loose wire was no accident! One button activated a surprisingly loud siren, and another the sound of a truck horn, but two buttons triggered a recording of a child's voice lisping instructions to call firemen if you saw smoke. After living with that truck for a few days, I decided that I could live with the horn and the siren, but that kid had to go! So a surreptitious second surgery was done on the truck, and when my son woke from a nap, a couple of the buttons on his truck had mysteriously ceased to function . . . .

Buttons usually have wires. Just sayin'.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Here is our local critter pic taken by a neighbor.

 

[Bunnylady]

Here is our local critter pic taken by a neighbor.

"Here - no, make that there, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty . . . "

(great pic, though)

 

[3goodeggs]

OFW, when my son was little, we picked up a toy firetruck for him at a yard sale. The person selling it seemed puzzled that the buttons on it didn't do anything - they used to. When I got it home, I took it apart and saw that a wire had come loose from the battery pack. I got out the soldering iron an reattached it - and came to the conclusion that the loose wire was no accident! One button activated a surprisingly loud siren, and another the sound of a truck horn, but two buttons triggered a recording of a child's voice lisping instructions to call firemen if you saw smoke. After living with that truck for a few days, I decided that I could live with the horn and the siren, but that kid had to go! So a surreptitious second surgery was done on the truck, and when my son woke from a nap, a couple of the buttons on his truck had mysteriously ceased to function . . . .

Buttons usually have wires. Just sayin'.

We had that! It was so loud. I never thought to remove the wiring.
We hid it until he forgot about it and then gave it away.

 

[sourland]

Here is our local critter pic taken by a neighbor.

Beautiful in someone else's back yard.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

OFW, when my son was little, we picked up a toy firetruck for him at a yard sale. The person selling it seemed puzzled that the buttons on it didn't do anything - they used to. When I got it home, I took it apart and saw that a wire had come loose from the battery pack. I got out the soldering iron an reattached it - and came to the conclusion that the loose wire was no accident! One button activated a surprisingly loud siren, and another the sound of a truck horn, but two buttons triggered a recording of a child's voice lisping instructions to call firemen if you saw smoke. After living with that truck for a few days, I decided that I could live with the horn and the siren, but that kid had to go! So a surreptitious second surgery was done on the truck, and when my son woke from a nap, a couple of the buttons on his truck had mysteriously ceased to function . . . .

Buttons usually have wires. Just sayin'.  

Lol yes that voice would freak me out. You know those dogs that leap frog has? The ones that talk to the baby. We got an older version of one of them as a handme down. The thing will start talking all on its own every once in a while. One night as I was turning out lights to go to bed I hear this singsong voice say "Peeka boo, I see you" I swear I just about wet myself before I realized it was that freaky toy. I keep throwing it in the give away tote, but it keep coming back upstairs . I need to get rid of that thing.
Honestly the dress doesn't bother me too much, I can tune anything out. But I may have to break a heart and tell her it cannot be a nighttime dress :/

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

Beautiful in someone else's back yard.

Agreed, they are a bit to close for comfort here. As long abs they stay human wary I will let them be.

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote: Someone gave my daughter one of those things - it was called "Baby Tad." It got played with some, but eventually it was outgrown and put into the attic. When batteries are running down, those electronic toys can get a bit eccentric . . . .

For several days, I had thought I occasionally heard voices coming from upstairs when I was alone in the house. That was ridiculous - I figured it was just my ears playing tricks on me. Well, one day, I heard what sounded like a voice again, and I decided to investigate. I went up there, and sure enough, I was hearing what sounded like words spoken slowly in a deep, bass voice. When I got over near the box of old toys, the voice told me to "pick uup Baaybee Taaaaaaaaahd."

Uh, no. I don't think so.

 

[WVduckchick]

Lol yes that voice would freak me out. You know those dogs that leap frog has? The ones that talk to the baby. We got an older version of one of them as a handme down. The thing will start talking all on its own every once in a while. One night as I was turning out lights to go to bed I hear this singsong voice say "Peeka boo, I see you" I swear I just about wet myself before I realized it was that freaky toy. I keep throwing it in the give away tote, but it keep coming back upstairs

. I need to get rid of that thing.
Honestly the dress doesn't bother me too much, I can tune anything out. But I may have to break a heart and tell her it cannot be a nighttime dress

Yall are cracking me up! But thanks, I needed it on my lunch break....

So here's mine... my son had one of those hexagon balls with farm animal pictures on it. You roll it, and whatever lands on top is the sound it would make. I can still here that cow in my head and my son is almost 25 years old! It was a moooo, with almost a squeal at the end of it. We always said that cow was in the middle of its mooooo and got snuck up on from behind by a bull....