at home, my 13 month olds favorite thing these days is the kitchen cupboards.. I have one cupboard thats full of yogurt containers & the like, and on the fridge we have the alphabet magnets. She pulls the cupboard apart, puts letters in the "buckets" (containers) and makes a big mess lol, and I get all "shocked" "oh no, what have you done?" which gets her giggling and then she takes off with me chasing her. I bought her a complete kitchen center, with dishes, pot & pans & play food, but she still prefers mine. She also loves books, with the touchy pages- fur... we play music & dance.. nothing too organised, we do get repetitive, but she loves those things. Wow, walking at 8 months, my DD has yet to take her first steps unaided, she practises balancing while freestanding alot tho.