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Photostory Friday – All Boxed Up

January 9, 2009 by Elaine

They get all kinds of researched and most assuredly fun gifts for Christmas and what do they want to play with? The box they came in. Yeah huh.


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Comments

  1. Elle says

    January 9, 2009 at 5:45 am

    Oh I remember when my kids were this age
    too cute
    now they really do like what is inside more

  2. Tiaras and Tantrums says

    January 9, 2009 at 5:46 am

    boxes are best!

  3. Kimber says

    January 9, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Yes they do love the boxes most at that age and they do outgrow it. Is that a good thing? Boxes are cheap, shop at a box store and save yourself some money while you still can. Teeheehee.

  4. Megryansmom says

    January 9, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    Cute pictures. Here’s a mystery for you…your blog won’t load from my blog list, but loads fine from my Google reader. I’m not amused internet!

  5. Eudea-Mamia says

    January 9, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    Ah, soooo cute!!

    Especially the pantless one 😉 a look we rock around here, a lot.

  6. Jaimee says

    January 9, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    LOL…It’s fun to see them doing things you remember having fun with when you were a kid, huh?

    Love, that last pic of little G…look at that smile right at mommy and that shirt w/ diaper looks is one of my favorite toddler styles! 🙂

  7. Kat says

    January 9, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Doesn’t it always happen that way? I try to remind myself of that every year when I am shopping for their Christmas gifts. 😉

  8. Christina says

    January 9, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Yep, that’s the way it always goes! One of my favorite books growing up was about a little girl adn her adventures with a big empty box. :o)

    Hey, fill me in on the DFW Blogger Dinner!

  9. Kami says

    January 9, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    So true! I have contemplated just getting them boxes from the grocery store one year.

    🙂

    Great pictures, you have to scrap this, it would be awesome!

  10. Octamom says

    January 9, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    That’s the best part of the gift!

    Blessings!

  11. Izzy 'N Emmy says

    January 9, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    The same happens at our house…every year. LOL! Next year I am going to wise up and wrap empty boxes. LO!L

  12. Krystyn says

    January 9, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    My MIL said she was going to send Izzy a box with tissue paper and little goodies since she enjoyed that so much!

    Look at those handsome boys.

  13. Natalie says

    January 9, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    okay, that settles it. i think i will start passing out gift cards to the UPS pack and ship store instead of toys r us!!!

    looks like fun to me too!

  14. Tabitha Blue says

    January 9, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    Oh the boxes… at the top of the list of ‘things kids love’!!!!! Haha

    🙂
    ~Tabitha~

    freshmommyblog.com

  15. Monkey's Momma says

    January 9, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    We could all save ourselves a lot of money, couldn’t we?

  16. Shannon says

    January 9, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    There’s nothing quite like boys and their boxes, lol. Mine are the exact same way. It’s so fun to watch!!

  17. MamaGeek @ Works For Us says

    January 9, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    Ha, isn’t that the TRUTH! I think they should add this tid-bit in the ‘WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOUR EXPECTING’ book. Skip the toys, go for the box.

    I must say the little guy in diapers is just SO STINKING CUTE Elaine!

  18. Rachael says

    January 9, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    but there are so many possibilities with a box!

  19. Anglophile Football Fanatic says

    January 9, 2009 at 10:26 pm

    I hate that about boys. Mine still plays with a fridge box he got 2 years ago. What’s the fun in that?

  20. Chris says

    January 10, 2009 at 1:23 am

    I believe that’s the law — it might even be a commandment.

  21. 3 Girls and a Daddy says

    January 10, 2009 at 1:49 am

    That is sooo true! Nothing makes my girls happier than a big empty box.

  22. Lori of I'm no super Mom says

    January 10, 2009 at 2:01 am

    That is tooooooo CUTE!

  23. OHmommy says

    January 10, 2009 at 2:47 am

    Yup… the best toys my kids have ever gotten was the box. Go figure!

    Great pics Elaine!

  24. Mrs. S says

    January 10, 2009 at 2:56 am

    I remember LOVING boxes until I was probably 10. they were so much fun!!

    The boys look like they are having a blast!

  25. Susan says

    January 10, 2009 at 3:17 am

    So true. Mia entertained herself with an empty pasta box the other day for nearly 30 minutes while I cooked dinner. Why do we bother with all the research and spending?

  26. Beth says

    January 10, 2009 at 4:16 am

    So cute and so true!

  27. Joelle says

    January 10, 2009 at 4:34 am

    So cute! They look so amused.

  28. jill jill bo bill says

    January 10, 2009 at 5:26 am

    I love these pix! And it took me like 29 times to get on your page. What is up with that?!

  29. ..::Mrs. Staff Sergeant::.. says

    January 10, 2009 at 5:52 am

    Yup, that’s pretty much what Christmas looked like at our house this year, lol.

    They’re super cute 🙂

  30. Kellan says

    January 10, 2009 at 6:13 am

    So CUTE!

    Have a good weekend – Kellan

  31. Lorie says

    January 10, 2009 at 6:25 am

    Makes you wonder why we ever buy them actual toys!!

  32. Carrie and Troy Keiser says

    January 10, 2009 at 7:49 am

    that’s because, as every child knows,there is NOTHING like a good cardboard box!

  33. ♥spoiled mommy♥ says

    January 10, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Ah-the love of a BOX!!
    Adorable pictures!!

    I wish it was THAT warm here.

  34. Angella says

    January 10, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Kids and boxes! Why do we even buy toys, hey?

  35. Auds at Barking Mad says

    January 10, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    Boxes are the next best thing to ice cream around our house.

    The Little Imp’s Christmas pressies held her attention for maybe 5 minutes before she was tearing into the boxes and building new dolly beds with them or hiding in them.

    She learned pretty quickly though that if she left the boxes alone for too long, the cats invaded and tried to claim them as their own! Talk about a territory war!

  36. Tiff says

    January 10, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    You must have been shopping on Amazon! We have that paper too from the boxes!

  37. intelligence says

    February 4, 2009 at 11:57 am

    Good Blog, I think I want to find me, I will tell my other friends, on all!
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