Babes in Toyland

Mr. Burns, Happy Feet, Flounder, Pig in a Blanket, Jaws, Archie, Beard Face, Pepe, Geoffrey, Road Kill, Lucifer, Samsonite, Georgie, Henrietta, Bones, J. Peterman, Scrappy, Stuart Little, and Hamm.

Those are the names of just some of the girls' toys. And just in case you were wondering...

Bald eagle, penguin, fish, pig squeaker mat, shark, gorilla, Christmas elf with crinkle beard, skunk, giraffe, squirrel, devil, squid, monkey, hippopotamus, skull, rainbow colored caterpillar, tiny dog, mouse and pig.

The juvenile ways we find to amuse ourselves never ceases to amaze me. A perfect example of this is the naming of the large majority of Rory and Lane's plush toys. Newsflash! Rory and Lane have A LOT of toys, an embarrassingly large number of toys even. So, here are ten of the toys Rory got for her most recent birthday and the stories or lack thereof behind their names.

Meet Beavis:

Uh huh huh huh...not a whole lot of creativity here unless you think looking at a stuffed bumble bee and naming it Beavis is creative. Because you know, bee sounds like BEAvis. Oh so clever! And so not my idea.

Meet Martha Stewart:



This adorable cupcake we named Martha Stewart along with Beavis are both from Martha Stewart's new line of toys for Petsmart. Since Martha has her own book on cupcakes, and I love to check out her show and website for fun ideas, especially around the holidays; it seemed a fitting name. I wish there was a sound chip that said “yum!” inside, but it's just your typical run-of-the-mill squeaker.

Meet Cake Boss:



That's it. It's a cake, and TLC has a reality show called Cake Boss. We did toy with the name Buddy, but decided in the end it was best to K-I-S-S, keep it simple, stupid. It's amazing how The Office always manages to provide me with such valuable words to live by. Thanks to Dwight Schrute for passing this gem on.

Meet Slappy Joe:



This toy reminded me of their flappy toy, so I changed it to slappy, because I'm just fun like that, and added a twist of Adam Sandler (around the 2:10 and 3:30 mark).

Meet Rammstein:



This one was all my fiancé's doing. He was in disbelief I didn't remember the German rock band, Rammstein. I'm not sure why though. After being together for nearly seven years and me being the Top 40 pop music fan that I am, I don't find it all that surprising. Of course, had he said they sang this song, I would have at least recognized them as the guys who sing "that song." I wasn't aware many people knew much more than the “du hast” in the chorus, but I might be wrong. After all, the one and only SpongeBob Squarepants covers it.

Meet J.D.:



If you followed Scrubs, you probably already see where I'm going with this one. The main narrator of Scrubs is a doctor named John Dorian, or J.D. for short. His drink of choice? The Appletini. Voila! The applehead toy became J.D.

Meet Marcel:



Kind of a no brainer here. Who didn't love Friends, and in turn, Ross's monkey Marcel? In reality, Marcel is apparently a female monkey named Katie.

Meet Muffin Man:



Yes siree, as in do you know the muffin man? Our little guy doesn't live on Drury Lane though. More like a New Jersey highway. Actually, I have it on pretty good authority the Muffin Man is married now.

Meet Quackers:



A duck quacks. People feed ducks crackers (though bread and crackers are actually not good for ducks). Quack + Crackers = Quackers. I'm pretty sure quackers isn't even a real word, but it probably has origins in the word quack, as in a phony or fraudulent doctor. I just saw there is a yellow duck in this series named Quackers. The official name given by the manufacturers of this guy is just Duck. Borrrrrrrrring. Surely you come up with something better than that Ty.

Meet Weenie:



I thought this one was at least slightly more clever than Quackers, but I noticed after we named him ourselves that the name listed on the cardboard backing was Weenie. Darn! Any small amount of pride I might have felt in giving him a somewhat clever name quickly circled the drain as I realized I was on par with the creative geniuses who gave us Duck.

Get the Look

Beavis and Martha Stewart can both be found at Petsmart as part of Martha Stewart's new pet line.

Cake Boss and Slappy Joe are from one of our favorite online retailers, Poochie Heaven.

Rammstein, J.D., Marcel, and Muffin Man are all by Room Candy, but I was told last Christmas they were discontinuing their line of dog toys, so it will probably be hit or miss trying to find these guys.

Quackers and Weenie are part of Ty's line of Bow Wow Beanie Babies. As an aside, these are some of Rory and Lane's favorite type of toys since they squeak and crinkle.