Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: Cars, and trucks, and dirt, and bugs---that's what...

My youngest daughter has long been into transporta...

2009-07-02T05:58:08.866-05:00

My youngest daughter has long been into transportation toys, especially helicopters and planes. She even had a helicopter on her 3rd birthday cake (it was purple with a Polly Pocket in it) and sleeps with both a rocket and a plane that have buttons that sometimes get pressed by accident when she rolls over at night! I've never batted an eyelash at her interests, either by praising her for being into something boy-ish, or by looking perplexed, or anything. But we did get our first "Cars are for boys" comment from a visiting girl recently. My response? "What does your mother drive?" Kids are such interesting mixes of so many different things. I love it!

I love it when gender stereotypes go haywire :) BT...

2009-06-02T01:25:15.279-05:00

I love it when gender stereotypes go haywire :)
BTW, I'd like to follow you on Twitter. My Twitter name is Sukhaloka - my real-life first name.

Whoo-hoo! Love seeing the engineering side of lit...

2009-06-01T09:56:51.425-05:00

Whoo-hoo! Love seeing the engineering side of little girls come out and sit right in the middle of lace and bows.

julie your girls are stars!

2009-05-31T05:20:38.171-05:00

julie your girls are stars!

2009-05-31T05:20:35.502-05:00

julie your girls are stars!

I think that since girls do so well with "fine fin...

2009-05-27T21:46:53.022-05:00

I think that since girls do so well with "fine finger motion" skills, the object of their application of those skills (be it cars or something traditionally female in nature) is pretty irrelevant. I'm glad you're giving them all kinds of opportunities to express their curiosity and creativity. Those cars look cool!

I always thought Coopers were English. Sounds lik...

2009-05-22T18:17:37.192-05:00

I always thought Coopers were English.

Sounds like a lot of fun - I wonder if they will ever franchise the world?

Sounds much more exciting than the build-a-stuffed...

2009-05-21T17:42:50.077-05:00

Sounds much more exciting than the build-a-stuffed animal places I've heard about.

That looks awesome. I live in the marketing capita...

2009-05-21T07:15:55.158-05:00

That looks awesome. I live in the marketing capital of the world, so I can't believe there isn't one here already!

I know three young boys, and a couple more in thei...

2009-05-20T14:10:27.632-05:00

I know three young boys, and a couple more in their mid-forties, who would LOVE this! Even our car-obsessed 14-year-old girl (who takes after her dad) might enjoy it. Unfortunately, Ridemakerz doesn't seem to have made its way to California yet.

(And as an aside - this is one of the best-composed posts of its type that I've seen in awhile.)

As I said to Kyla, my husband would be fighting my...

2009-05-20T13:31:32.128-05:00

As I said to Kyla, my husband would be fighting my girl for that toy.

BTW - your husband is wrong - they have non-American cars, which I know because I want a Mini!

This is the Coolest.Thing.Ever. I wish it were a ...

2009-05-20T11:18:46.163-05:00

This is the Coolest.Thing.Ever.

I wish it were a franchise because I would open one tomorrow here in Austin.

My girl loved her trip to Ridemakerz too! (She has...

2009-05-20T09:23:49.713-05:00

My girl loved her trip to Ridemakerz too! (She has a red 'Vette.)

It was definitely a hit with BOTH of my genders he...

2009-05-20T08:22:26.561-05:00

It was definitely a hit with BOTH of my genders here...and my pediatrician said that her kids are loving their cars, too. Josh is grumping a bit that he had to miss the fun and stay home with sick KayTar. LOL. I've heard, "Mooom! Dad has my car AGAIN!" a million times already!

Wow. Never heard of Ridezmakers. It sounds wicked ...

2009-05-19T20:14:34.628-05:00

Wow. Never heard of Ridezmakers. It sounds wicked awesome. So glad P and P had a great time! I would have loved it as a child (probably still would!).