For the love of the Little People...

Fisher Price Little People, that is.  My Eli man has a few Little People sets (prior to the sets that follow), including:  the farm and tractor, dumptruck & muck truck, and the boat set with blocks.   He really likes them and they're made of tough stuff.  They last forever. 

Uncle Kent has a few sets from when he was little that Eli likes to play with when we visit.  I can remember Kent playing with them all the time.  They're still in really good shape.  I'm tellin' ya.  This is some worthwhile stuff, and kids love it.

Saturday morning we were on our way to try a doughnut place that had been brought up in church a few weeks before.  There was a line out the door to get in, and it was worth the wait.  Ok, back to my  point...
On our way out of the driveway, we noticed two houses down had a yardsale in progress.  It looked like it was almost all little boy clothes and toys.  I went up to look closer while the boys waited in the car.  I found a pile of little Nike shirts and pjs.  But what really caught my eye was the toy selection.  Here's the catch--I almost never buy toys at yardsales.  These, however, I couldn't resist.

Little People Pirate Ship

Little People Zoo

Little People Rail Road--which could connect several parts of the Little People Village

Little People Parking Garage/Carwash/Gas Station

Little People Fire Station

Little People Police Officer and various working men

He also got the school bus--which I forgot to picture.  It's pretty cute though, and it holds a ton of little people!

Little People Airport

As soon as we got home from the sale and breakfast, I gave all of these new toys a bath.  While Eli was down for his nap, I set them all up and got them ready for him.  When he woke up, he came out of his room and said, "Oh my!"  His little face lit up, and he started running from set to set to play with each one.  He was so excited!  It was like Christmas morning in our house with all the new toys!

This is every bit of the Little People stuff they had at this yardsale (minus what we already had).  Each piece was priced at $10.00, but she gave me the entire set and clothes for $30.00.  Then, because Eli had shown interest in them, she threw in the dinosaurs too!  Each dinosaur moves, roars, or does something different.  I'm thinking we did pretty well on this little outing!

Aftter we bought these, I decided to price them on the Fisher Price website and Amazon.  I learned two things.
 #1:  We practically stole these toys for what we paid.  (The school bus alone is $20.00.) 
#2:  I desperately want the Nativity Scene gift set for Eli.  What a fun way to learn about the birth of Jesus!  It's a nativity set that we can use to teach him that he can actually play with.  We're going to have to think about investing in that.

Lingering thought of the day:  Little People aren't made of extremely hard plastic, yet they still hurt when thrown at you.