So I have this thing. For any age of child so far, unless I know them really well or are a relation, I get every child a variation on the same present. So far what I have is:
1st Birthday: A sippy cup, bowl & bib from Ikea
2nd: A play cooking set
3rd: A cookie mix in a jar (sounds lame, looks really good)
4th: A piggy bank, ideally the paint-your-own-piggy-bank variety
The reason I do this is it saves me a load of brain-wracking, trying to think of what to give to different children and I can buy a set of them and not find myself caught short the day before the party with no ideas and nothing to get.
But now I find the first of the 5th birthday parties is creeping up to me and I don't know what to get. Any great ideas out there?