Tristan and I are going to the states in mid-September, through mid-October, to visit my family and my in-laws.  I'm currently shopping around for fun things to take with us to keep Tristan occupied on the plane (8 hours between England and Michigan and 8 hours home, then 5 hours between Michigan and Louisiana, and 5 hours back to MI from LA), as well as on our down time during visits.  So far, we have a small travel Magna Doodle, plus the usual crayons and coloring books and paper.  At eBay, I'm bidding on a felt board and a few felt pieces to go along with it.  I thought that would be something fun for us to do with Tristan's grandparents, as they always come up with cute stories to tell. 

The stuff I'm hoping to win:

The flannel board

5 cute fish

5 Frogs - with a pond and a log

5 flying kites

5 moody cloud finger puppets (hand not included lol)

Lots of pretty balloons

Cute traffic light

Pretty Fall leaves

We chose the blue Magna Doodle

Those felt pieces are going to become an addiction, I can feel it.  I've just discovered hundreds more on eBay!

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