The kids and I had a perfect summer moment in the backyard this afternoon with a bubble wand. I love the new wands available. When I was a kid, it was just a little bottle with a tiny wand and it took lots of practice to actually get bubbles to blow through the little hole. Now there are a million different wands in cute shapes (ours is a ladybug). Just wave and go. Even my toddlers can manage it.
I would love to give bubble wands as a party favor at a BBQ or outdoor summer event. But I don’t want to give out a plastic wand. I want a wand made of metal with a wooden handle and maybe an oversize jewel-like bead at the end of the handle. I could put the bubble solution in pretty bottles or even vintage canning jars with a cool label. Someone should manufacture these and sell them at Smith and Hawken or in the Sundance catalog.
Gab,
I feel way more artistic and classy when I look at your blog, your home, your kids, and on and on.
We should get Bam, bam, bam. We also love a book about Anansi the spider.
One of things I’m most impressed with is how artsy you make things look whether you get them from emeco or from a random surplus sale.
Jim, I’d say half of my favorite kids books have been gifts from you and Traci. For example:
-The Reluctant Dragon
-My Father’s Dragon (By the way, what’s up with always giving us dragon books?)
-Ferdinand (Traci recorded this for us and I immediately bought the book. I love it.)
And now we love listening to Just So Stories. Thank you.