I consider myself lucky to have both a boy and a girl. It’s fun and interesting to see how different these creatures can be!
The other day I took the picture below. I had stumbled into the living room and found this scene set up by my daughter.
Awww, I just thought it was so sweet, and so different from the piles of cars, trucks, and diggers that my son used to leave out at that age.
But then again, there are some things my little girl plays with that just FREAK. ME. OUT.
Like this:
One-eyed baby with no clothes
Or this:
Stop. Looking. At. Me. Like. That.
This last one is a picture of Benson, her very first baby doll and the one she loves the most. When he is left lying around, it seems like he’s watching me. My husband thinks he’s equally creepy. We hold prayer vigils in hopes that he will stop staring at us with that open-mouthed look. We have to hide this thing late at night so he doesn’t come alive and get us!
Do your kids play with anything that freaks you out?
We have a play cash register in the toy box that randomly emits sounds. Usually at night as we are going to bed. “Ch-ching! Please come again!” AAAAAAAGHH!!!! We also have a Melissa and Doug animal puzzle that makes sounds when you put the pieces in. It also makes sounds when your turn off the lights. I usually get the bubbling goldfish bowl or the frog. Sometimes we get a dog barking.
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Oh, yes. You reminded me we had a toy once that’s batteries were slowly dying and it would turn on and talk at the weirdest times. Crazy!
HA! So funny… Thank GOD my girl doesn’t really get into dolls over at our house. I might have to get rid of them and tell her that they went away to “doll camp” of something…
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My daughter got into babies early. As I toddler she used to put them to sleep all over the house face down covered with blankets. I’d trip on sleeping babies daily!
No toys that freak me out BUT my boys always talk about a “Roke” that scares them. They have to hide from the “Roke”, run from the “Roke” and sometimes they will issue warnings like, “Don’t go in there! The ‘Roke’ will get you!” The freakiest part about it is that they both look to where it supposedly is and when I follow their stare, I’m half expecting to see a “Roke” – whatever that is. EEEK!
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Ooo, the Roke! That one will live on in family lore forever, I bet.
This is EXACTLY why we don’t do the elf on the shelf thing! YIKES! Like you, I am a FIRM believer that these things come to life at night!
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For sure. I think I watched Poltergeist too many times growing up!
Oh – babydolls without eyes.
I am 44 years old and it still creeps me out. My mom tells me that I had a doll once that had a missing eye thanks to my older brothers and I would not play with it. She had to put a bandaid over the eye so I would even be in the same room.
By the way….that is why my 2 year old only has dolls with painted on eyes.
Creepy eyes are the worst. What’s funny is my daughter doesn’t like the Lalaloopsy girls with the *button eyes*. Freaks HER out!
OMG!! This is hilarious! I totally agree… dolls are the WORST. Actually, my boyfriend and I just had to sleep in his nephews “jungle” themed room. The giraffe had red demonic eyes. SO creepy, but hilarious.
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There’s already something disconcerting about sleeping in a room that’s not yours, but add demonic giraffes?!? Thanks for commenting!