More giant plastic baby things

The funny thing about babies is that they lack style. They are like magpies (or nifflers, to use a modern pop-culture reference - who get's it?) with their love of bright shiny objects. The bigger, more blinky, more jangly, the better. What baby appreciates the clean, unobtrusive presence of an oatmeal-colored organic baby blanket when THEY COULD HAVE AN EXERSAUCER!

I had every intention of NOT being one of those parents who purchased all the giant plastic stuff. Babies are perfectly happy with blocks and books, I thought! Silly me. In the past 6 months, I have amassed a mountain of plastic baby-holding apparati: activity gym, jigsaw floor mat, cradle swing, a bouncer and a bumbo seat. And now, an exersaucer joins our plastic flock.

Generously loaned to Lela by our friends Sam and Olivia, the exersaucer is a seat surrounded by plastic toys. Some light up, some moo like a cow, some bounce and some clatter. The baby can "stand" while supported by the chair, and can turn herself around 360 degrees. We tried Lela in Olivia's exersaucer a few months ago, and she wasn't ready. But, her face lit up like Christmas morning when we put her back into it this past weekend. So much to see! So much to touch! Look at that concentration:
And she especially likes the view from the standing position - Bella is eye level and oh, so funny from this vantage point.
The good thing about borrowed toys is at least we can give them back when Lela is done with them and they won't live on in our basement FOREVER. But as long as Lela enjoys it as much as she does now, we're perfectly happy to keep the plastic junk around. Guess we know who now wears the pants in the family!