Birdy has this “learn about how electrical circuits work!” toy, and she plays with it endlessly. I thought we had built every plan in the book that came with the game until she busted out this page yesterday:
And once we built it, I realized we had recreated the “pee alarm” that my parents used when I was very young, when the first symptoms of diabetes started to present themselves.
“Can we take this apart now and build a different one?” I asked her, the noise of the pee alarm making me feel like I was in first grade all over again.
“Sure, Mom. But why?”
I started to explain, and then realized some things are better left unsaid. (But clearly not unblogged.)
Seriously, your child is awesome! When I was her age I was busy eating raw hot dogs and eating paste.
Birdy is my hero!
She’ll build you any kind of pee alarm you could ever want, G. 😉
That toy is exactly what I want to get my grandson for Christmas. Where did you get it?
That Snap Circuits thing is literally one of the coolest toys there is.
The post has a direct link for Amazon, so easy! 🙂
[…How ironic is that there’s an “Always Discrete Underwear” commercial on downstairs right now?!]
This is the most badass toy ever, and I think I want this for myself because hello, who needs kids to play? Unless I can come for a play date, in which case, TELEPORTATION! […Can you and Birdy build me a teleporter with that thing? Please? :)]
I got that set for my nephew for Christmas a few years ago and he LOVED it. We made most of the projects that afternoon. I think we skipped the pee alarm though!
Too bad I live in RI, and can’t do affiliate link sales. Instead, I just hope you buy one and play with it because it’s freaking awesome. 🙂
I can see my son wanting to try that out! Ugh. 🙁
Amazon!
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