"Is that a toy?"

This is one of my most-used lines with my five year old. Today it's been used with:

• the bathroom plunger
• the extension tube of the vacuum cleaner
• a sticky note pad
• packing peanuts
• the colander
• a knitting needle
• a box of envelopes

From a child's perspective everything is a toy. I appreciate inventiveness (a good thing, if you know Little GUy!), and given a choice between self-entertained kids and mess, I'll opt for creative chaos every time. However, I do like to know where the measuring spoons are. We're working on it.