| I am lucky to have two very active little twin | | | | twins had realized that they now had a car each |
| boys, but find myself continually struggling to keep | | | | in their possession, they quietly pushed their new |
| up with the infinite amount of liveliness my little | | | | found automobiles to an isolated spot in the yard |
| guys can call on throughout the day, from the | | | | and began an animated but well behaved |
| moment they wake up (usually 6am) to when I | | | | discussion on the possibilities (or that's what it |
| manage to constrain them in their beds (8pm)! | | | | looked like to me. It was actually just two children |
| Most days consist of me getting more and more | | | | spewing incoherent babble). The Little Tikes Cozy |
| tired as I find myself chasing them around the | | | | Coupe Anniversary cars kept them busy for the |
| house/ garden, resulting in me being completely | | | | rest of the party and for once I actually managed |
| worn out, while they seem to gather even more | | | | to relax and enjoy my time talking to friends and |
| momentum and continue to cause mayhem and | | | | parents, while the children all behaved reasonably |
| destruction whenever I turn my back. | | | | well. I began to worry several times as I had not |
| As they have gone from the cute baby stage | | | | heard a peep from the kids, but a quick look out |
| into the trouble making, mischievous toddler | | | | of the window would confirm that they were |
| stage, I have become more and more desperate | | | | exactly where they were before, ambling round in |
| to try and find some way to let these sugar | | | | their brand new cars. |
| crazed kids use up some of their energy so they | | | | After this point, the twins are hard pressed to be |
| are actually tired come bed time. We tried the | | | | separated from the 'racing cars,' and can easily |
| trampolines, but that idea ended up with a double | | | | pass the day having fun in the garden. The Little |
| head, mid air collision, while the outdoor stand | | | | Tikes coupe really seems to have managed to |
| alone pool only managed to last a few days | | | | figure out just what makes children tick, and is |
| before it was speared by a rake, which the boys | | | | obvious why it is one of the most best selling and |
| found hilarious as a tsunami of water flooded | | | | widely bought toy products in the USA. Costing an |
| down into the neighbor's garden. This was | | | | economic $49.99, the range is stocked by most |
| followed by the Little Tikes Castle, which was | | | | toy retailers and has a large online distribution. |
| taken apart by a team effort (I still don't | | | | Made like many of the Little Tikes products, they |
| understand how they managed to reduce the | | | | combine flexible plastic with several interesting |
| structure to rubble in a single afternoon), and | | | | aspects including a cup holder, petrol cap, usable |
| several other attempts to keep them busy which | | | | steering wheel and a moving door. |
| all ended the same way; smashed, secreted | | | | The car has several safety features, including a |
| away or transformed into some mysterious | | | | removable panel on the floor of the vehicle which |
| device that only children can imagine and come up | | | | can be put in place to keep feet and legs inside |
| with. | | | | the interior if parents are worried about their kids |
| So when a fellow parent brought along quite a big | | | | getting hurt. The manufactures state the toys is |
| and odd gift with wheels poking through the | | | | made for kids aged 18 months to 5 years old, but |
| wrapping paper to the boy's 6th Birthday bash, I | | | | many older children continue to enjoy their Little |
| could not for the life of me understand what I | | | | Tikes cars past this age. |
| had done wrong that a friend would give my sons | | | | If you decide to buy it new, you will need to put |
| not one, but two, cars for them to blister around | | | | the car together by following the easy instructions |
| the house in! I could see it already; destruction, hit | | | | included in the packaging. Don't be afraid to give a |
| and runs, collisions and devastating accidents | | | | little kick or shove here and there when needed, |
| between the toy cars and anything that was not | | | | as the kit can stick in some places and may |
| completely immovable in the house. | | | | require a bit of force to get the sections to slide |
| Then something quite peculiar occurred. Once the | | | | into place. |