My Boy Lives Life In the Fast Lane
When I was pregnant with my 2nd child, I already had a boy, so I sort of new what to expect, but was not fully prepared for what would turn out to be my middle son!
From the age of 5 months old, he was army crawling, at 7 months, he was cruising, and from the first time he rolled over he was after anything with wheels. I remember him army crawling to a Hot Wheels car that belonged to his brother, smacking his hand on it and pushing it back and forth. He hasn’t outgrown this love for Hot Wheels cars since!
Every occasion that comes up, my Hot Wheels loving boy asks us for “cars, cars, and more cars” for his gifts. Everyone knows to get him Hot Wheels. We counted them once, and at that time he had over 300 of them. I asked how many more he wanted, he said when he gets to a “million billionty”, that would be enough. That sounds like a lot.
With around 500 cars currently, he sometimes forgets which ones he has and sometimes his favourites aren’t easy to find, so we made a DIY Hot Wheels Shelf for some of them:
When he is home, he likes playing with his cars. However, when we are out waiting at an office, getting him to sit still is nearly impossible. He is a mover and is always on the go, so staying in one place is really hard.
I usually bring his iPhone with us, so he can play some games and that helps keep him still for a little while. He always says he wants to be a race car driver. That is why a new app that we have discovered is just perfect for him! The app is called Hot Wheels Showdown app.
Every time he gets a new Hot Wheel Car in the package we can scan the QR Code, and it will add to his collection, and then he can use that car in a race!
This very cool app has 36 different tracks and hundreds of Hot Wheels cars. Once you have a car in your collection, you can race it anytime, anywhere! This may even help them to find new favourites in their current collection or remember that forgotten car they don’t play with anymore!
I also think it’s cool that with the new Hot Wheels Showdown app, I can work with my son to create a huge collection of awesome cars. That is his passion, and we can race together, since we both like racing and trying to beat each other!
If you want his app:
- Download the free Hot Wheels Showdown App from the Apple Store or Google Play Store.
- Scan the QR code on the back of a Hot Wheels car pack – you don’t have to have a Hot Wheels pack to get started, but it sure does add to the fun.
- Your little ones are now ready to start virtually competing with their car in high-octane races!
This month, as part of the Play Advocate program, we are going to be giving away a
Little People® Animal Friends Farm!
Shari says: “All 3 of my boys loved this Farm. It was also instrumental in the boys speech therapy and used by their therapists in therapy sessions! This is a classic toy that can be used for so many things for your little one!”Amanda says: “Both of my children loved playing with our Little People Animals Friends Farm. It was a standard toy in our home that was used on a daily basis for many years. This is now one of the toys that I have kept in a special place for when our younger family members and friends come over to play. My Mom kept my Fisher Price Farm and I love the fact that my kids play with it when they visit her house.”
Prize: A Little People® Animal Friends Farm (valued at ~$39.99)
Open to: Canadian Residents residing outside of QC
Giveaway Ends: April 27, 2015, 11:59pm ET
If you would like to read more about Shari and her three boys, please feel free to visit her blog, The Knit Wit by Shair.
We are a member of the Mattel Play Advocates program. As a member, we receive various perks, however our opinions are never influenced in any way.
My youngest 2 children LOVE the Little People toys. My “sensory” son is 6 and right now he’s been playing with the Little People Super Friends figures that we have. He has them lined up on the window ledge in the living room and if one of his brothers tries to touch them he has a major melt down. He loves his Little People 🙂
I adored the record player. I would listen to it for hours.
My girls when they were little had the Little People house and a ton of Little People, I remember having the bus and the school house!!
I loved the Little People Farm and Schoolhouse when I was little.
I went to the toy store yesterday to buy Little People SuperHeroes and they didn’t have them. 🙁 I know my boy would love them! I remember using the Little People school house and farm as a kid!
My little guys love their Fisher Price record player!
My kids loved the stacking rings and the record player.
Florence C
Mine was the real old tree house, man I so wish I had that still to pass on to my toddler .
My favourite was the school bus…my daughter’s favourite is the playground with the slide, she got it for her first birthday and she loooves it.
My children all loved the farm and played with it for hours. We did have quite a lot of Fisher Price toys, they also loved the phone when they were very small.
My boys just bought my daughter little people princess set. She loves it!
oh i loved the farm but also the school bus 🙂
I loved the farm and the school house!
My son has a vintage train and people which we still play with. He also has a Little People Batman and Joker which get played with a lot.
my kids love the school bus and little people klip klop characters
I loved the activity center! my daughter loves the Fisher Price car
My favourite was the record player.
The farm and the school bus were favorites
The favourites in our home were the telephone and plastic shapes in ball puzzle. Thanks for sponsoring this child-friendly giveaway and for the opportunity to participate.
My grandson has a school bus that he likes to play with.
I always liked the Barn.
Fun Sounds Farm. It was a gift from Grandma, and a year later, the kiddo is still playing with it. That’s staying power 🙂
We have an old Western Town that the grandkids have a lot of fun with.
My son LOVES Little People!!!
My daghter loved the Little People Bus!
I loved the barn yard when I was a kid
my son loves playing with his little people
he has a cow that he got from his cousin. he is obsessed with cows, he moos about 70 times a day!
My son has the little people fire station which he loves!
The school bus!
The littleprole riding stable
My son loves the Little people barn.
My little girl loves her Little People airplane!
She loves to use her Little People figures as audience members for storytime.
Little People Garage!
My favorite as a child was the Little People school house with merry go-round and the school bus.
They love the little people barn. thank you
Sophie loves the barn. She plays with it every time she goes to Leap into learning.
The farm!
I think the City Skyway is my favorite.
My niece loves the Little people barn.
The Little People Barn is number one.
I love The farm!
The favourite is the Barn and school bus.
we love the school bus. small enough to take everywhere
Ours like the Klip Klop horses
My son loves his smart stages chair
My granddaughter likes her school bus with her little people.
I loved the school house:) Nothing was better then playing school with my sister when we were younger:)
Definitely want to start baby off with some solid toys!
This is really cool, I should do this to put all the skylanders, Amibo and disney figures for the video game.
My favorite fisher price toy was the record player
My godson loved his school bus with little people….
I fondly remember the Fisher Price Little People Farm. My brother and I played with it for hours and hours! I wished I had saved it for my children. My son is at the perfect age to start his own Little People collection! Thanks for the chance.
My son has a huge hot wheels collection to but he is not that interested in them anymore 🙁
My nephews have one that it’s in a tree that is really nice and they really like it!
my nephew loves them
My son has the yellow chair that was on the top of the toy list last year! I can’t remember the name of it!
I’m sure that my kids know all the peoples names but to me they’re just “things I trip over”.We have the farm so I’ll say those animals. Would love to gift this to my niece.
P.S. I clicked “I did it” by mistake before I clicked over to your Facebook page but I DID GO THERE and even commented (https://www.facebook.com/multitestingmommy/posts/967438906611848).
Besos, Sarah
Journeys of The Zoo
LOL Sarah – you’re hilarious!! Good luck 🙂
The amusement park is my daughters fave.
My daughter has this awesome Little People doll house its big and fun and my kids love all the fun sounds it makes.
My son likes the school bus
My son loves his Little People hospital.
i used to play with little people..hope my newborn would love it when she grows up!
The Little People Airplane was my favorite.
The farm and all the animals 🙂 🙂
My daughter loves the little people princess castle and the princess.
My kids love the Little People® City Skyway
Preparing your child for Kindergarten–Getting books aboutKkindergarten for your chils to read. I think this is a wonderful and innovative way to let your child read about how Kindegartens run and read it for him/her self .I would not have thought of this idea. I am quite sure there are many little books for these little ones to prepare them for this new step in their lives.
love the llittle people airplane
The klip klop horses are fun.
MY SON LOVES HIS GARAGE I HAD IT AS A KID AND NOW HE HAS IT
The airplane is a huge hit with my kiddo
my favorite is defiantly the barn
My daughter has the Little people airplane and loves it!
I always loved the little people airplane and that was my son’s favorite also.
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