In our nine-month photos, we posted a picture of Miranda with a Fisher Price tower of rings. At the time, I said there was a similar picture of me with some rings sitting with my Dad.
This is Miranda with me:
And this is me with my Dad:
I know–I should have flipped around the first picture to match. I’m younger in my picture than Miranda is in hers. I guess I also had more hair. I’ll need to find a chance to take a picture with Eleanor like this as well.
[Edit: I’ve added the picture with Eleanor]
Anyway, I found it interesting how the toy has changed and what about it is still the same. The newer version has a tapered pillar so the smaller rings cannot slide to the bottom. The older version had a dowel for the pillar where the width remained constant. That’s why in the picture of me with my Dad, it’s possible for some small rings to be at the bottom. It also looks like the older toy came with more rings.
The base of the toy has remained the same. Instead of being completely flat on the bottom, it’s rounded. This allows it to rock back and forth a little bit instead of being tipped over.
The new toy also has two small beads embedded into the smallest ring, which rattle and move–it makes the ring a little more interesting to play with when it’s by itself.
That’s so cool that you have these baby pictures of yourself. There are hardly any of me (maybe because I was the third child?). Anyways, I noticed that you look a lot like your dad in that old picture.