complicated toys

my husband is enthusiatic when it comes to buying toys for nazim. but sometimes, the toys that he buys are too complicated for him...like the one he bought yesterday. the box says the toy is for ages 3 and up, but of course, no 3 year old child can assemble such a complicated racing track that came in so many different parts!!! even the parent of the 3 year old would have a hard time putting it together. and this was exactly what happened to my husband...there were no clear instructions on how to connect the pieces of race track together, and he only had to depend on the pictures on the box. it took him almost an hour and a half to make it look like the picture on the box, but somehow, the ensemble looked pretty flimsy and he almost gave up...but i decided to help him towards the end...but i found it irritating too, because the parts didn't quite fit nicely. so, i also kinda gave up...we managed to finish 95% of the track, and finally gave up. but before the whole thing crumbled to the floor, we thought taking a picture of it with nazim standing beside it would make it worth the while :) and then, maybe a few days later, we can pack up the little pieces back in the box and next time get a really simple toy without small parts that could go missing and then the whole thing wouldn't work.

On a different note, while both of us were spending the sunday afternoon doing our own things in the house, nazim found his own activity outdoors to occupy himself...much to our surprise..

he took all the shoes on the rack and threw them onto the grass and sprayed them with water...

maybe he thinks mommy's shoes need to be cleaned once in a while...