So, here it is, June in Tucson... slowly getting hotter than a mutha outside during the day. The mornings and evenings are great though, so we like to spend a lot of time out in the yard with Cole since he's just learned how to walk and the lawn helps break any topples he may have.The thing is, we didn't really have any outside toys for him yet, other than Ringo's dog toys. Nasty. So, it was time to find a safe new outside toy that Cole could play with. While we were in L.A. visiting my brother's family, Cole discovered our niece's water table toy. It had a cool water wheel that he was fascinated with and occupied his attention for quite a while. After looking around online for a bit, we found this "Arctic Splash Water Table" which seemed pretty nifty. It came with some little arctic animal toys too (penguin, polar bear, and walrus), which he could also play with during his baths.
Overall, not a bad buy. My only gripe about it is that there are three pieces that make up the iceberg water slide on it. These pieces don't clip together or anything, so they're really easy for Cole to knock over whilst thrashing about in the water. I also thought the little arctic animals would be able to go down the iceberg slide thingie, but only the penguin fits. The others fit through an "ice cave" which goes through the base of the assembled iceberg.
The table is pretty sturdy too. Cole hasn't climbed up on it yet, but it seems like it will easily support his weight and that of the water.
This toy would be much better with some kind of moving parts, like my niece's water wheel, and if the slide pieces snapped together somehow. Cole still loves it though, he has a great time dumping water from the filler bucket onto his head.
I guess I'd give it about a three on the suck-o-meter. If the pieces clipped together I'd only give it a two.
Oh yeah.. it also doubles as a water bowl for Ringo sometimes. Score!
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