Boys & Cars

What is it with boys and toy cars? Bentley has been an avid fan of anything with wheels for a long, long time. As soon as he could move (crawl and then walk) toys with wheels were a top pick for him. Jake is just like his older brother.

Viva couldn't care less. Sure, she might pick up a car, but keep it? race it? fight over it? Why? (She has been known to hold tightly onto a toy car, if her brothers are trying to take it from her, but not because it's a car.)

Jake and Bentley love Match Box cars. You know those little cars for age three and up? (Yeah, we know the kids aren't three yet.) When the twins were younger, we told Bentley not to let the twins play with them. This caused a problem when Jake was old enough to get around and find the cars wherever Bentley had stashed them. Bentley was then told to share with Jake. It took a while, but now he's pretty good about sharing the cars with Jake.

Now the problem is convincing Jake to share with Bentley. Jake loves those little cars. He gathers them up and hoards them. He gets furious if Bentley or Viva try to take one. Sometimes just looking at them will set him off. No joke!

One afternoon Kara was laughing at me (or was it Jake she was laughing at?) when I stole a car from Jake to give to Bentley. First I distracted Jake and then I quickly grabbed one of the cars. Jake was very suspicious, but he hadn't seen the theft so he gave me a distrustful look and played on happily enough. (Perhaps his mom's snickering is what clued him to that fact that something improper had occurred.)

He and Bentley both like to fill up the dump truck with the smaller cars. What could be finer than a vehicle filled with vehicles?




Huh? What is Viva doing playing with boy toys? Very odd. It's only minutes until she's tackled by her twin, that's for sure. Maybe that's the reason I seldom see her with toy cars and trucks. Who wants to be knocked down over a dump truck? (Another boy!)

Did you know that most planes have wheels?! Even if they didn't, they'd still be a hit with the boys because planes move fast--and these planes have room in them to store toy cars!