Following from the flop thread - what are your children's *main* presents this year?

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And how do you think they will be received?

Mine:

DS1 - ELC keyboard on stand with stool and microphone, does recording and rhythms etc.

DS2 - lovely red drum kit with big bass drum, 4 smaller drums and a cymbal (am very excited about that one )

Between them we are giving them a mini fridge so we can put drinks/snacks in there for them to help themselves to (might live to regret that one )

So, what are yours and why? (This is pure self-indulgence, I love kids and Christmas)

what, no hamsters then?

LOL, but we did buy ds1 a rabbit for his birthday!

I'm tryng to move away from plastic crap and toys (honestly - with four kids there is NOTHING that we don't already have!)

So DD1 (8.5)- Nintendo DS Lite (pink - bought in the states) with a couple of games. And some butterfly fairy lights for her room. And a beginners cross-stitch kit.

DS1 (6) - a basketball net and backboard to put on the TP swingset, and some proper sprung cricket stumps.

DS2 (3) - no idea. He doesn't want anything, doesn't need anything (has just had a birthday) and is a complete outdoor man who is bird happy with his "lawnmower" (aka wooden trolley) in one hand and his black and decker power drill in the other. Hmmmmm. All thoughts/suggestions gratefully received.

DD2 (9 months) - I've got her a bizarre playset thing "bluebell boot" from ELC and apart from that she will get mostly stuff from the attic re-wrapped!!

oooh I've remembered I've got DS2 an etch-a-sketch which he played with at someone's house and LOVED.
but that is it so far.

DS1 (14.5) - a new PC

DS2 (13) - a laptop

DD (4) - no main present this year, just lots of bits

Oh, I've seen the bluebell boot thing, it is gorgeous

How about the ELC stand up workbench/tools? We had to physically drag ds1 out of ELC the other day, he was so taken with it

DD1- Peppa pig play set
DD2- Fisher price piano

Also got them the 'Bubble' and a few games but i think i will be the one playing it on christmas day

DD1 will be pleased with peppa as she has asked for it while out shopping.

DD2 would be happy with a box and some paper (shes only 8 months)

Haven't got anything for DS1 yet & am a bit stuck as to what to get him atm.

DS2 has a Thomas laptop & a Thomas Bubble console. He is Thomas mad!

no, we have a workbench. and a tool box (he got that for his birthday and loves it).
I promise, after 8 years of christmases and birthdays and 4 children, 2 of each sex, there isn't ANYTHING we are missing. We could not buy another toy for the next 5 years and it really wouldn't matter.

Except dd2 would have to make do with dd1s slightly mutilated barbies (they are all bald)

we have the peppa pig play set - ds2 plays with it a lot. It's great.
that was last christmas's present for him

i'VE SEEN THAT BLUEBELL BOOT TOO-AND PISSED MYSELF LAUGHING. (Steady....)

Dd is getting a new pair of hob nailed boots and ds a new boot polishing kit.

Um.

How about a set of real gardening tools, and some bulbs and seeds and pots and things?

it's horrible, isn't it moondog?
but father christmas has to bring her SOMETHING new otherwise the other three will think she hasn't been a good girl. sigh. more plastic crap

we have real gardening tools. and gloves. and bulbs and seeds and watering cans and hedgetrimmers and paint your own bird boxes and grow your own ladybirds and all manner of that sort of thing.

they are all EXCELLENT ideas. but we have them

DS (5) is getting:

Lego Star Wars 2 Playstation game
Cars Playstation game
Light and sound light sabre
Star Wars figures x 2
Junior Monopoly
Lazytown Sportacus set
Some books
Poss some other bits and bobs

DD (3) - Polly pocket house, £12 inc postage from Ebay and Leappad, £1.50 from charity shop.

DSD (11) - Nintendo DS.

I was intrigued - I had to google the bluebell boot. I think it's quite sweet. and I don't normally do sweet

Oh well, it serves you right for spoiling them

dd 14yr,well 15 on new years eve.ihome thing,but she's getting a hugely expensive new flute for her birthday
ds4yrs is getting lego fire engine and a remote control digger.

pph, have DS1/2 got walkietalkies?

I love walkie talkies, they are such a lot of fun and nobody in my house has played with them for years

Have they got a planetarium, and a telescope?

Of course they have

part of it is that we have a HUGE family and so they tend to get lots of presents on birthdays and christmas.

I'm actually quite minimal on presents compared to many people I think! They get one thing from each of their siblings, and one from dh and me (and at xmas a present from santa and a stocking)

DS1 & DS2 are sharing an X Box for Christmas, so they tell us. (Well, half an XBox, they are buying the other half themselves )

so far (only started today) eveyrthing I've bought so far is, realistically for both of them, but will wrap up individually in equal numbers iyswim
a card game called Sherlock - which looks quite good fun
another card-like game called Tantrix (?)
Operation (always hankered after it myself...)
Junio Monolpoly - though technically that's from my Uncle
Think of a number book by Johnny Ball
Animal Encyclopaedia
those corrugated plastic tubes that make a whooping sound (rather pleased with those - only £1.50)

oooh jan, I put walkie talkies on the other thread "things they never play with!"

planetarium..... hmmmm.... wonder if I could build a space telescope before xmas....