The teddy bear in the background is a hand-knit gift from my mother, and I have taken to calling him Pierre (I think it's the scarf). My mother made a bunch of these for patients in a Honolulu children's hospital. The frog in the foreground I bought earlier this afternoon. When you press its stomach, it makes a series of frog-like "ribbet" sounds. The idea is that it is supposed to teach babies cause and effect, as well as help introduce them to the sounds of nature.