Is a Wee-bie In Our Future?

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"From the cradle to the coffin,
underwear comes first."

~ Bertolt Brecht

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Being a parent of young children I have to ask, do you ever feel like your house is overrun with toys?  Everywhere I look, there are toys.  Not to mention the swear words that can come flying from your mouth when you step on the end table from the dollhouse furniture which happens to be legs up in the kitchen of all places!  Super ouch! 

We have lots of toys that never get played with.  I find the best way to go through the mass of toys is when the girls are gone.  I've been known to toss things out, but the funny part is no one seems to miss what is no longer there.  It's slightly reminiscent of a Toy Story movie and I'm sure the ones that remain all mourn for the ones that leave to go to the consignment store. 

However, what I found on Friday during a routine toy clean out certainly did make me wonder, if the toys do come to life when people aren't around, what does this mean?  While sorting through Happy Meal toys, large bouncy balls, old baby toys, and about 20 old TV remotes, I found Barbie's panties in the back of a Weeble car.  It threw me into such a fit of laughter, I ran for my phone to snap a photo. 

I guess the only way to really know if our beloved toys come to life when we leave for the day is to watch for a blonde haired, big busted Barbie to appear amongst the toys that wobbles but doesn't fall down.  I almost asked for Maddie's theory on the whole thing and then remembered I'd just have to go into the "where babies come from" discussion again and I was not prepared to explain that in Barbie and Weeble terms. 

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