Nick got the fire engine for Christmas. I think it was one of Lillian's gifts. It's actually a pretty cool fire engine. It's plastic, but well made and sturdy. It has a ladder that goes up and down, a fire extinguisher, and two fire fighters that move. It also makes noise. It will say "Press the green button to hear the siren" and then, more often than not, it will say "uh-oh, you pressed the BLUE button. Press the GREEN button to hear the siren." In otherwords, it tells the kid when he's made a mistake. Of course, if you don't want to hear the siren at all, the truck makes no allowance for that. It DOES say hello when you turn it on, and goodbye when you leave it alone for a couple of minutes.
This morning I realized the fire truck was speaking in Spanish. It was saying the same things - press the blue button. Uh-oh, you pressed the red button. But Spanish. "What happened to my truck?" Nick asked. I turned the truck over and saw that there were THREE LANGUAGE OPTIONS! English, Spanish, and French. Who knew? I think it's a great way to learn, though. Multi-lingual toys.
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A brilliant toy indeed and more brilliant that Nick picked up on the fact that something is terribly wrong with his toy. Haven't had the chance to check in in the last couple of days. I'm getting those winter pictures printed and framed for me
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