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Believe it or not, the beans in this picture were kept in an upcycled small juice container as an improvised baby toy for the past four years. My kids never thought to open the container! We had some friends we don’t see very often over last month, and they were the ones who figured out that the top came off!
So, one of my most popular baby toys ever (seriously) was gone, but the beans found a new use occupying Johnny. He spent a good half hour sorting and counting beans. Then Emma came over and they both got silly and dumped everything out on the floor…
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Your Johnny is so smart! I am going to do this with Jack, but let’s count on them ending up being used as construction site materials:-)! Either way, he’ll have fun and it’s another super idea from you!
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@Susana – I love how your Jack puts everything in his little trucks – super cute!
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Great idea for sorting! My kids would love the sound and the tactile experience.
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Guess that makes Johnny an official bean counter?
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Johnny looks very preoccupied indeed :) Too funny that other kids figured out how to open that container :)
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We’ve had adults accidentally “spill the beans” by offering info they thought was good news to our kids only to find out we were trying to keep it a secret! Like when one of our friends excitedly told our kids they were opening a McDonald’s in a nearby town in S. Africa. Joshua was ecstatic. I was not!
At least Johnny is quite occupied by this new discovery!
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I love how you turned the loss of a popular toy into an absorbing activity for Johnny!
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lol. love the new use though.
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It took half an hour to end up dumping them on the floor. Seriously?
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@Jen – I guess we keep on spilling the beans throughout our lives, on occasion…
@Ticia – You have to remember that they only figured out the container would open with the help of their friends =)
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@Elisabeth – sounds good to me ;)
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Now I will try to remember to put away the handmade maracas when we host playdates. ;-) lol Too cute!
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@Valerie – Haha honestly I’m shocked it lasted this long!
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