Andy found a pink sit-on-top truck (or car?) for Leilani at a thrift store. I tried some weak objections, but was overruled by his enthusiasm. A few weeks before that I had gone off against battery operated toys on the blog<\/a> – but of course the truck’s main purpose was as a riding toy. And Leilani was only 6 months then. Waaaayyyy too young. I figured she’d be a year or so, but last week she discovered it next to the clothesline and wanted to know what it was. I sat her on top, and she immediately found all the levers and buttons, so I cleaned it and brought it upstairs. She needs to be watched all the time when on the truck, because she can’t get off (tried, fallen, but not cried).<\/p>\n A little crash course in German baby talk: <\/p>\n
| \n Winke Winke<\/td>\n | Wave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Super <\/td>\n | Good job<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n So schoen machst du das!<\/td>\n | Nicely done! <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n so schoen…<\/td>\n | So nicely…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n …spielst Du mit deinem Lastwagen <\/td>\n | …are you playing with your truck <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Brrm Brrm machen<\/td>\n | Make brrm brrm noise <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| \n Gas geben<\/td>\n | Give it gas (throttle)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n |