presents

we found the same and still do - went and got stuff at the toy sales so all our xmas shopping is done now already thank god. But for paris it was easy, she likes polly pocket barbie and all baby doll stuff. but ayja.. she has a baby doll of her own and alot of things we have been given 2 of anyway like dolls buggies. but stuff like blocks etc she didn't need, last xmas we got her stuff that we never got paris, things like the stand up ball blast, and other stuff that built on to what paris had.. eg paris had the peek a blocks girrafe and elephant so we got a shape sorter of the same range so Ayja could use them all together. but otherwise we have started to buy combined stuff. last year was a cubby house - which ayja was too little for at the time really, but within a month or so she was in and out as she started crawling and she now loves spending time in there. This year it is a slide since we now have a yard, and again ayja will be a bit little but will soon grow into it.

so i am unsure what to recommend specifically, esp as i don't have boys and girls have so many more things that they could have. build on to sets you already have, or get something they can use together to encourage sharing and playing together. but other than that i do not know. good luck.

I quite like the idea of big gifts they can use together.
But then I don't have two. Hrmmmm... no ideas other than to say that Janine and Lu's were quite cool.

bugger! no Kmart! Mum went and bought the kids their xmas presents at 5am before work. Apprently the sale started at 12, but by the time she'd got there, they had only JUST cleared laybuys. People waited for FOUR HOURS to laybuy stuff!

we went to kmart on friday night and i was anticipating a shoving match to move around the store....the place was desserted! yay!
we got jack's birthday stuff finished, my niece's birthday pressies and also layby'd xmas stuff for the 2 of them and a couple of things for bubs.
it was hard to think of things to get for bubs as jack is in the same boat as jake....spoilt from family!

me and my mum went to kmart and there were mums and prams everywere but we got some great deals there u have to be quick or some lady will try to steal the toys right out of your hand i kid u not!!!!!

Yeah we got the catalogue the night before the sale started and i picked out what we wanted and sent mike off to get it at midnight when it started - was crazy in palmy, mike had to run to get a trolley, then he got all the stuff we wanted, and got to the layby line - which where he started was by the garden dept (palmy ladies will know how LONG that is) so he thought bugger this, and went through the checkout and put it on the VISA!! (argh debt, but we'll just pay that off instead i spose).. his mates wife was 3 people in front of him in the layby line... aparently she got home around 3am. So now we have all the xmas pressies in our wardrobe... and under our bed. oh well, all done.

Oh Oh Janine....what did you get? I would like to know specially for Ayja (since Zaara is closer to her age)....may be I can go back and get other things....he he ha ha

Mum and Dad are putting in for Zaara's Birthday party and putting money in her bank a/c as well as for Xmas. Yay she will be richer than us before you know it!!

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roksana, we got jack a set of table and chairs for his new room, a cool bath toy, my first cd player and will probably get a few small things closer to the time.
for bubs we just got a push and go train thing that has peek a bo blocks in the back and will go shopping again (yay!!) once bubs is born and we know if its he or she

hi roksana i got a doll houe from kmart fisher n pickye and it a great size for a little girl (got it for my friends wee girl) it was $39.95

yep we got the little dolls house too - i mean Paris has her owndifferent one but Ayja is REALLLLLY into it at the mo and there are huge fights cos Ayja just likes to sit right in front of it and hog it.. hopefully we will hold out till xmas.. cos the girls just scrap over paris's one soo much - the fisher price one has nice big figures too and they actually sit (paris had coniptions with hers cos the people don't sit and the perfectionist she is, well, you aren't ALLOWED to stand on chairs mummy!!)

For Ayja we got a big potato head with 4 potato head bodies and part in it cos she loves paris's one (which was mine from when i was 5!) which is neat cos you can now buy packs for about $9 with different arms and faces etc like safari and mermaid etc.

we got her some bath toys cos she loves the bath and we want to try and make her sit down for more than 2 seconds cos she tends to stand up and jump about. some fisher price magnets - again to divert her attention cos paris has some phonics magnets that i know ayja will be itching to get her grubby mits on!!(both the bath toys and magnets were $10)

oh and we got a wooden train set starter pack 120 piece for them to share. but seriously, fisher price little people are the way to go cos then you don't need the farm animals you can get a pack of farm animals at kmart at the mo for $19.95 for like 26 of them that go to little people set. - only other thing ayja is getting is the little people aeroplane cos i have wanted to get her one for ages but they stopped making them yonks ago but have brought out a new range now.

Enuf ideas for you? lol
you know me, i am so starved for mummy interactions you guys are the only other mummies i talk to for weeks sometimes.. so i babble.