The best toys

Nathaniel has all sorts of wonderful toys. Educational ones, entertaining ones, ones made out of wood, ones made out of furriness, ones in bright colours, ones in fascinating shapes.

But his favourite things in all the world are remote controls. So much so that we have had to dig out an old one from a DVD player that doesn't work and take out the batteries so that he can play with it.

Offer him two toys, one that is exciting and brightly coloured, and one that is the remote control, and you can guess which one prompts him to laugh and grab and wiggle his legs in excitement....

Scary-Aunt-Jenni (her official name) hands Nathaniel the best toy