Ummm.... What is that bit of lovely playmobil? Is it a Santa's workshop set? Oh my gosh. I have never seen it! A yearly set like that would be so fun to pull out and set up. We have a nativity set, but it doesn't have its own containing 'house'. It gets all mixed in with the rest of the toys so the yearly tableaux is often missing key characters (and just as often joined by extras).
Sort of sad playmobil day here. We are dismantling my girl's playmobil castle. It doesn't get played with enough to warrant the space it takes up and in the pre-Christmas toy sort I suggested we take it down to make way for the more played with lego. I was shocked at how she heartily agreed with the packing away of the castle when I suggested it. These years go by way too fast!
Is that an amazingly cool owl statue to the left of your girl? I love owls. xoxo
Candy, that totally is the most awesome playmobil set evah! I bought it to pull out for Christmas. And the kids loved it. For many years they looked forward to playing with it. I kept it on the dinner table the whole season. Now its put up in a more ritualistic way. See the chimney? The set came with wrapped presents that could be sent down the chimney to land in the fireplace. Awesome!
It is so sad when they outgrow favorite toys. You're all, like, but wait I'm not finished with you playing with those yet! I think I actually cried when my girl retired her dolls.
The owl is a cast iron candle holder someone gave my father in the 1970s. I adore it. And I fear it will someday accidentally kill a small child or animal by falling on them. Also, I almost set our house on fire last year by stuffing it with a strand of christmas lights. They heated up over days, melted the wax in the bottom (which I'd never really noticed before,)and was discovered when the whole thing started to smell suspiciously electric. But gosh, it was pretty! ...parenting fail...
Ummm.... What is that bit of lovely playmobil? Is it a Santa's workshop set? Oh my gosh. I have never seen it! A yearly set like that would be so fun to pull out and set up. We have a nativity set, but it doesn't have its own containing 'house'. It gets all mixed in with the rest of the toys so the yearly tableaux is often missing key characters (and just as often joined by extras).
ReplyDeleteSort of sad playmobil day here. We are dismantling my girl's playmobil castle. It doesn't get played with enough to warrant the space it takes up and in the pre-Christmas toy sort I suggested we take it down to make way for the more played with lego. I was shocked at how she heartily agreed with the packing away of the castle when I suggested it. These years go by way too fast!
Is that an amazingly cool owl statue to the left of your girl? I love owls. xoxo
Candy, that totally is the most awesome playmobil set evah! I bought it to pull out for Christmas. And the kids loved it. For many years they looked forward to playing with it. I kept it on the dinner table the whole season. Now its put up in a more ritualistic way. See the chimney? The set came with wrapped presents that could be sent down the chimney to land in the fireplace. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad when they outgrow favorite toys. You're all, like, but wait I'm not finished with you playing with those yet! I think I actually cried when my girl retired her dolls.
The owl is a cast iron candle holder someone gave my father in the 1970s. I adore it. And I fear it will someday accidentally kill a small child or animal by falling on them. Also, I almost set our house on fire last year by stuffing it with a strand of christmas lights. They heated up over days, melted the wax in the bottom (which I'd never really noticed before,)and was discovered when the whole thing started to smell suspiciously electric. But gosh, it was pretty! ...parenting fail...