Presents from Great Grammy "M"

Today, River received presents in the mail from my mom, or as River would know her, "Great Grammy M". In the first box was a cute little motorized bear that plays peek-a-boo. I didn't know how it worked at first so I just put it by him and said "peek-a-boo!" He then started playing along.

 I then realized that there was a button on his foot that you push, so after pushing in, the bear started talking and playing peek-a-boo. He smiled at first but really wasn't sure what to think.

It scared the crap out of him! He started to cry, the dogs started to bark, and he ran and hid behind a chair. Yes, I couldn't help but laugh. At least I put the camera down to comfort him. I then hid the bear back in the box and we opened the second present.

Magformers! He loved playing with these not-as-scary toys--pulling them apart, stacking them. He was engaged for a long while.

We tried playing peek-a-boo with the bear after a few minutes, and he started to warm up better to it.  He still won't touch, and keeps his distance, but at least he laughs and talks to it, now!