When we got home we tore into the package. Oh, my! It was just packed with fun goodies. Today it is cold and rainy, so it was great to have all these new fun things to play with, but it makes for some dark photos. Some of the items included a Thomas pencil bag packed with art supplies- pencils, stamps, stickers, a ruler, a tiny little Strawberry Shortcake pouch that goes on Nora's wrist (my mom said "to keep her lipstick in"), an origami kit, and this little hanging lovely with felt flowers on it for Nora: The flowers come off can be rearranged back on the buttons. Very cute! It also included handmade cards and these so cool sets of chopsticks and spoons with Bob the Builder and Shinkansen on them. And do we ever know Shinkansen- we've read about it A LOT. Jack has tried chop sticks before and gotten frustrated, but now he wants to try again.

The sure hit of the package was this little guy. You squeeze his hands and you can record and listen to a message. Jack has been recording things like "Nora Zora beedle boodle boo" and "boogadie foo foo schmoo" all day and Nora has been laughing her head off to hear the little lamb say it.