doodle car

I came across this when scouting the internet and thought it was a great idea. Aqua doodle has something similar, but this is done with marker instead of by pen. It's called the doodle track car by Daydream Toy. You just use a black marker and it will follow wherever you wrote. I know both my girls will love it!

for all secret treasures

My seven year old got this for her birthday last year and loved it. She puts all of her favorite items in her secret safe. She has a little sister, so it's nice to have a place where she can stash something and her little sister can't get it. It has a combination and a little dinging alarm that rings when the door is opened. My daughter can leave the comination on the bottom of the safe still, b/c her sister wouldn't be able to figure it out. If you google pink safe it comes up on several websites. We found hers in a boutique near out house.

checkout lane

I had been eyeing this at Pottery Barn Kids for quite some time. It finally went on sale - super cheap! (in store is always cheaper than online) So I had to pick it up. The only negative thing about it is that if you put to heavy of an item on the belt it's hard to make it roll. Everything else is great. It's fun, b/c we have the shopping cart and food. Now my daughters have a place to buy all the stuff after "shopping."

baby stella

We have Baby Stella at home and my daughter loves her. She is super soft and has a magnet under her mouth so her pacifier and bottle will stay on. We have a Baby Stella Diaper Bag, so my daughter can change her diapers. We also have the bowl of cereal and peas. We are about to go on vacation and my daughter plans on her being the one doll she is allowed to bring. She has a back pack that she straps her in and can carry her around in.

bouncy ball or pony?

This toy is just like those bouncy balls that kids sit and hop on outside, but it's a pony. You inflate it, but it's so solid you don't even realize it. It also has a base you can purchase that makes it rock. Here's the website that sells them http://www.rodytoy.com/ and they come in every color there. You can find them just about anywhere for sale though. When I saw them at the toy store I didn't even realize that you blew it up, b/c the plastic is so tough.

fuzzy police car

I have seen this cute car at several toy stores. I finally have a reason to buy it b/c one of my friends is having a baby boy. You aren't supposed to let them chew on it, but it's so soft and smooth that it's pefect for a two year old. (I still think it will be a cute baby gift.) They come in all different types of vehicles and I think animals by Rabbabu.

gertie ball

We got this gertie ball this weekend. Awhile ago, I was told by a friend to get one, b/c their texture makes it easy for the younger kids to grasp. You blow it up with a straw and if you have a younger child you don't blow it up all of the way, so they can catch it easier. My 3 year old plays with it all the time and so does my husband!

baking cookies

My 3 year old got this for Christmas and we have a blast with it. I think Melissa and Doug thought of everything. It comes with a cardboard cookie tube that looks like what you get when you buy cookie dough at the grocery store. It also comes with a fake wooden knife, baking sheet, oven mit, and we can't forget the cookies. Basically it uses velcro to attach the icing to the cookie part and to attach the cookie part to the baking sheet. So my daughter can slice the velcroed cookies with the knife, load the tray up, bake them, and then frost them. It's such a cute set.

learn and play

These bouncy balls are very neat in design. I want to get them for my girls (of course I have to wait for an occasion.) They come in two different sizes. I figured I would get one in one size and the other a different for variety. I love the colors and the simplicity of the design. I believe they are made by Crockodile Creek. Once I get them, I will edit this post with any of my comments.

hey, what's cookin'

I wanted my daughter to have a pretend stove, but I don't have a play room nor a lot of space in her room. That means I couldn't buy one of those larger cute retro stoves. However, I found this one and it was perfect. It stores all of the toys and it also folds under so it's flat to store. My daughter loves cooking on this thing. We have pretend tea parties all the time, so this was a good thing to have. She had all this food and no way to cook it. I bought this one at Pottery Barn Kids - of course I waited for it to go on sale. Since then it even came down another $10.

dance baby

We got MP3 player for our at the time 2 year old. It is super cute and the buttons are easy to press. It has an MP3 player that plugs into the back, but can be pulled out and put into other compatible toys (we didn't get any of these though.) You just plug it into your computer in an USB port and upload the songs you want off of your computer. It has software and seperates the songs into 4 categories. We love this thing. The batteries lasted forever in it. It's also nice, b/c the kids can take it anywhere with them.

rainbows everywhere

My 6 year old loves rainbows. She gets a kick out of them. One day I came across a Solar Powered Rainbow Maker. We stuck it in her window and it slowly rotates a prism around and puts out rainbows. Very cool and she gets so excited when the sun is shinging enough to see her rainbows everywhere. Not exactly a toy, but she does love it. It was the perfect Valentine's Day gift.

what is this?

At first when I saw this I thought "What is this?", but that's what it's supposed to do. It doesn't have a purpose, it's left up to the kids imagination. I love it and my 3 year old loves it too. She has made it into a crib for her babies, she uses it as a chair, she puts toys in it to haul around. It's purpose is endless. I have talked to other parents and they said their kids have used them as sleds and in the swimming pool too. The items name is bilibo.