Friday, January 13, 2006

Scary Toys

On Friday the Thirteenth, it seems appropriate to talk about how today's toys must be designed to scare the beejezus out of infants. In their quest to incorporate every possible selling point (black-and-white, mirrors, teething rings, crazy colors), toy manufacturers have created playthings worthy of Baby Frankenstein. While Lucie and Ryan seem to love them, I'm having nightmares.

Top/Left: Ryan shows off "Whoozit", a half black-and-white, half every-color-known-to-man clam-shaped toy. This also is the first shot of Ryan smiling.
Bottom/Right: Ryan plays with "Inchworm", a multi-colored snake with tentacles and menacing tongue.

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