a new favorite "non-toy"

I know Nic and I haven't been parents for long (a mere 17 months to be exact) but we've definitely figured out by now that kids prefer non-toys or over their actual toys. Water bottles, tissue boxes, anything in the kitchen that resembles cookware, toilet paper rolls, keys, definitely cell phones, wallets, you name it, if they aren't supposed to be touching it or it is not intended to be a toy, it is EXACTLY what they want. Liam is no different. I'm not even sure anymore why we even have toys around here when all I have to do is give the kid a basket of pens (that he doesn't know how to open yet mind you) while I cook dinner and it lasts AT LEAST 10 minutes. Genius!

Nic has joked about how we should come up with a basket product that holds random kid-friendly non-toys and we could make millions! haha The truth is though, kids are smart, and Liam definitely knows the difference between mom and dad's keys and his own toy/kid-friendly keys. But, sometimes we can fool him! One of Liam's favorite non-toys right now is Nic's work badge. The second he gets home at the end of the day, Liam runs to his arms to be picked up and reaches inside of his work jacket to pull out his beloved badge. So for Easter, Nic had Liam's very own badge made to match.

It has his picture on it and says his name with his job title, which is of course, "The Boss". It's fitting, right?! haha Now anytime we go to visit Nic at work, Liam wears his badge too. Like father, like son. Nic's response, "Instead of Liam working at a fast food restaurant during high school like I did, maybe I'll have my very own data-analyst partner and he can work for me." haha I wouldn't put it past him.