I have been trying to encourage ds1 to clear out his room and donate some of his stuff.  He has decided the person who needs his stuff most is ds2 (ummmmmmm ... the point was to get it out of the house, not move it from one bedroom to another!).  I must say ds2 is quite the happy camper.  He is the proud new owner of several stuffed animals (no big cats though - ds1 is not giving those up), a bouncy ball and other assorted odds and ends.  Thankfully we also saved some of ds1's toys from his younger years (there is an almost 7 year age difference between my blessings) and I pulled out another goodie for ds2 this weekend ... Leap's Phonics Pond.

I have such fond memories attached to this particular toy.  It was a key in ds1 learning his alphabet ... so much so that we were shocked when in traffic one day and he started calling out every letter of the alphabet he saw on business/commercial vehicles all around us.  I can still see my little tow-head lugging this around all over the place and now I'm going to see grand memories in the making as my second tow-head follows suit.  I can't believe ours still looks brand new - it held up extremely well!