When Samantha was a baby we purchased a toy called the “Bee-Bop Twirlin’ Whirlin’ Garden”. My review of the product can be found here. I shall refer to it as Chaos Garden from here on out.

    As with many of her baby and toddler toys, we’d long since cocooned them in plastic and shelved it either in the basement or in the attic. Along with other age appropriate toys and clothes, we got the Chaos Garden out of storage for Riley (who is now almost 1 year old).

    The Chaos Garden is a platform made of counter-rotating disks upon which plastic toys can tumble from disk to disk in figure S and 8 patterns, clattering and tumbling as they go. You really can’t have a conversation when it is activated, nor can you think about anything other than the noise and lights.

    We’d set it up for Riley when Samantha came down the stairs and spied it.

    ”What’s that?” Sam ran over and squatted in front of it, examining the inactive thing.
    ”Its the Twirlin’ Whirlin’ Garden,” I said as she pressed the blue button, throwing the noisy thing into action. Clattering and tumbling ensued. All non-Chaos Garden thought began to grind to a halt. I managed to get out “you used to love it, Sam.”
    She gazed at the flashing lights and spinning disks and whispered, “….I still do.”

* Picture is posted. Enjoy the sight!