Lately the baby has been enchanted by the concept of trading. It all started when mom, no doubt tired of having different pieces of toys spread throughout the house, went through and put together various collections of toys. The bath toys were put into a mesh bag (bath toys including stacking cups, frog sponges, rubber duckies of multiple sizes, etc). The baby found the mesh bag irresistible as you can see and hold the items through the mesh, but they wouldn't come out of the zippered top. She'd bring the big bag over and throw it up into our lap. Then she'd be allowed to remove an item or two as long as she had something to trade back in.
She'd contemplate the open bag and reach in to grab as many things as she could with one hand (like one of the coin-operated crane games). Eventually, toys not belonging in the bath bag were brought over in an attempt to trade (including Tucker's toys). The trading cycle got shorter and shorter, until the purpose wasn't to find something to play with, but to trade over and over. While simple in concept, it thrilled her to no end.
All good things, however, come to an end. In this case, the end has been reached as she can now open the mesh bag zipper on her own. We'll see if the notion of trading extends beyond the magical bag.
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