allow me to introduce you

to Parks' Favorite Toys. They have a bin solely to themselves, a bin appropriately titled the "Favorite Toys Basket." The Favorite Toys Basket often masquerades as a place, such as a mountain, or a fort, or Academy Sports.

The Good Guys

The Good Guys include (L to R) Little Buzz, Diego, Woody, Bullseye, Jessie, Big Buzz, Batman, and Spiderman (not pictured). Spiderman didn't make the cut, as he had just had surgery (read: hot glue gun treatment) and was in recovery (read: on top of the dresser while the glue was drying). Diego is on top of the Favorite Toys Basket. Just so ya know.

The Bad Guys

The Bad Guys are Mr. Potato Head, Electro, and Alien. Poor Mr. Potato Head.

The Family

The family includes Parks (played by "Parks' Parks"), Daddy (played by Joseph), John (played by Baby Jesus), and Mommy (played by the righteous Virgin Mary, of course.) Parks' Parks' name came about during a time when Parks refused to use personal pronouns (I, you, we, me, etc). Therefore, the figurine that he wanted to represent himself was not "Me" or "My Parks," it was "Parks' Parks." And it stuck and remains Parks' Parks today.

The family is SO important, that it has been assigned vehicles, complete with car seats for the kids. Awesome. Please note Nick the Cat on the hood of "Mommy's car."

So there we are, and now you know. 

In related news, in the trauma of Spidey's emergency surgery this morning, I forgot to feed Parks breakfast. He, of course, is never hungry, so he didn't think to remind me. In a panic I grabbed an applesauce pouch and Cheez-its on the way out the door for preschool. Filling? Yes. Nutritious? Not so much. The good news is that it was "REEEEEALLY froggy!!!!!!" outside, so that was exciting.

Keepin' it real, folks. Keepin' it real.