Monkey See...

Last night Ellie and I had to exit a meeting out in the center and found ourselves looking for an activity to pass the time. For Ellie's 3rd birthday we bought her this toy below. The batteries eventually died and it sifted to the bottom of the toy box. A tiny screwdriver and 3 new batteries later we got it working again. Ellie's much more understanding of the point of the toy now (than where she was when we first gave it to her) and really has fun playing this game with us. One of us will hide the monkey, then Ellie comes out and tries to find it with her 'detector' stick which has a series of lights that progressively light up the closer she gets to the monkey, eventually beeping when she's within a few feet of it. Needless to say, she loves it.