February 7, 2006

• Parent ‘Hood’

  
  

  I just put together the next development stage toy to help Avery stand up and enhance her motor functions with this Fisher-Price House.

  
  

  And I have to tell you — the thing’s awesome.  After you ring the doorbell, a voice says, “Who’s there?”.  When you flip the porch light, it says, “Lights on/Lights off.”  And when you stick mail in the mailbox, “You’ve got mail!”, etc (Yeah, snail mail old skool style).

  
  

  As you can see, it’s basically one flat wall of plastic – which then got me thinking… 

  
  

  I saved the box my plasma tv came in because I thought it would make an awesome playhouse in the future.  When she can start crawling, I’ll cut off one end of the box, stick the Fisher-Price wall at the open end and… voila!  Instant house.  I’ll then go to work with a knife and cut out a secret back door, sunroof, windows, stick a skateboard inside so that she can roll from end to end, etc. 

  
  

  When I told a fellow parent my idea, she said, “Avery’s going to have so much fun in it!”  To which I replied, “Who cares?  I’m going to have so much fun in it!”

  
  

  But with the “Yin”, you must also have a “Yang” planned. 

  
  

  So the days when she’s being a ’lil brat, I’ll have this photo up my sleeve when the “time-outs” just aren’t working.

  
  

  “If you don’t behave yourself, Daddy’s going to bring home ‘Nemo Sushi’ for dinner.” 

  
  

  Bam.  Problem solved.  

  
  

  (As you can probably tell from this entry and the infrequency of them, parenthood has affected the thinking and free time of this actor.)

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