What will you get your 2.5 yr old for xmas>

dachsiemom

DD likes art/markers/chalk (has an easel), stickers (already all over the house), band aids, play doh (has a play doh table), dolls, dress-up, her kitchen set, Dora, Elmo (although almost over him) etc. but already has most of these things from gifts/tag sales, etc. -- and my husband spoils her terribly-- I am curious to know what others are getting their 2.5 yr old DDs for Christmas?  I saw a big Dora mat with a water marker that might be interesting.  Also, a fisher price digital camera.   ???

JYeagersGrl

I know my mom bought the VMotion system for Harley so I'm gonna get him the wonderpets and wallie game probably.  Harley is obsessed with Geotrax so we will probably get him more of those too and I know he keeps saying he wants a bike.

 We have a mat like your talking about with the water markers its a Wall sized Aquadoodle (they were on sale at amazon.com really cheap at one point) and both the boys LOVE it.

NikiGee

I think we'll be getting her the Loving Family Dollhouse from FP. ?Also, she doesn't have an easel yet so will probably let our family know about that. ?We're at the same point as you are though... they have everything and don't need anything!

marchbaby

Well my kids are right in the middle agewise as your DD, they are 3 1/2 and 1 1/2, but we are getting them a train table, trains, books, art supplies, mickey mouse clubhouse toy of some sort, little einsteins toy of some sort, perhaps a tigger and pooh toy.  I typically take a big trip to toys rus and walk around and find inspiration there.  Then after that if I feel like I need more i'll look around at smaller stores.  We also get catalogues in the mail and my kids love to look through them and it gives me ideas of what they want b/c they'll point things out to me.  My oldest went through and colored on all the things he wanted, he should be easy

femmegem

We don't have tons of money or tons of room this year (we live in a tiny rental house that's already pretty packed with stuff), so we'll probably get DS smaller things like books (the boy is obsessed with reading) and sets of blocks since he loves to build things. I would also like to get him some more advanced puzzles since the ones he has are way too simple for him and he really does enjoy puzzles.

We'll probably keep it pretty simple as far as gifts go and try to do something fun together as a family to celebrate the holidays. We're already planning a trip to Philadelphia to meet up with my parents for a long weekend, so that will be a lot of fun for him. His birthday is coming up in less than two weeks and we're taking him to Disneyland for that. He probably won't get any other gifts from us (but my mom is already going crazy buying him things- I hope we have room for it all!).

Ciarrai

I got both girls a MP3 player (cheap on woot.com for stocking stuffers).  DD#1 is also getting some board games (I think she's almost ready for them) like Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders and maybe Hungry Hungry Hippos.  For their "big" present, the girls are either getting the Rose Petal Cottage with one or two of the "accessories" (and we'll let family get them more) or they're each getting a Little People set.  Both girls (in different ways, of course) love Little People and play houses.  We're also taking them to Disney in a month so that's really our Christmas splurge.  I'm hoping to keep the rest to a minimum.

Flem052204

We've decided to do a "technology-free" Christmas for at least one more year.  DD will get a toy doctr kit because she LOVES to play doctor.  She might get a battery powered dog that walks around.  She will probably get books and art supplies.  We are also going to try a couple of easy board games that we can play as a family--we are thinking about Chutes & Ladders and Hi Ho Cherry-O.