If the vacuum scares your baby. . .

Change the vacuum! 

 

 

 

 

We have a robot vacuum that is quite loud, and buzzes around the floor like an annoying electronic manta ray.  Well, Wolfie wasn't a fan. He was wincing and lifting his legs every time it came near, haha.  Colonel Mustard could care less. He was simply inconvenienced every time he had to get up and move when it approached his tail. Well, I decided to stick one of Wolfie's toys on the top of it.  The toy has a suction cup so it was perfect! Wolfie suddenly found a new interest in the vacuum and even smiled when it came closer. Being a mommy is all about adaptation, isn't it? 

 

On another note, I love pretty little baskets now to hold Wolfie's toys. I keep baskets in every corner of the house and it's so much easier to keep surfaces tidy when there is a nice place to toss a teething ring or "sucky toy" nearby. One of my favorites right now, is this old knitting box that grandma gave me years ago.  It used to hold magazines in my bathroom, and now it's a mini toy box PERFECT for Wolfie's height! He'll spend a lot of time quietly picking out his favorite friends, balls, and animals.

 

The story behind this box is quite neat.  The box itself is a "knitting box" which is a small chest with a handle and hinged lids so that you can tote it around with you wherever you land to knit. 

 

Grandma said "I used "Green Stamps" to acquire the sewing box. I forgot how many books of stamps I had to have to cash in for the box. I had to drive to Long Beach to redeem the stamps. I got it when your dad was about 6 or 7 years old. My mother collected the stamps also so we went together to pick out our items. It was quite an exciting thing to get enough filled books to pick up an item you wanted."



Here is a little history on Green Stamps:

S&H Green Stamps (also called Green Shield Stamps) were a form of trading stamps popular in the United States between the 1930s and early 1980s. They were a rewards program operated by the Sperry and Hutchinson company (S&H), founded in 1896 by Thomas Sperry and Shelly Hutchinson. During the 1960s, the rewards catalog printed by the company was the largest publication in the United States and the company issued three times as many stamps as the U.S. Postal Service.[citation needed] Customers would receive stamps at the checkout counter of supermarkets, department stores, and gas stations among other retailers, which could be redeemed for products in the catalog.

Sperry & Hutchinson began offering stamps to U.S. retailers in 1896. The retail organizations bought the stamps from S&H and gave them as bonuses with every purchase. The stamps were given at filling stations, shops and supermarkets. Shoppers were given stamps based on the dollar amount of their purchase. Collect enough of them and face licking them and sticking them into collectors books (a pastime often given to amuse children), and the shopper could claim valuable prizes from the local Green Stamps store or catalog.