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Marina · 04/01/2005 12:20
Definitely Kid K'nex, even though ds is five and nimble-fingered - he loved this.
Also enjoyed the usual suspect, Lego, and an infernal Micromachines thing that folds out from a truck into a post-industrial wasteland for teeny cars to chase each other in...
Two books were huge hits - Geraldine McCaughrean's anthology of stories from British history, Britannia, and Lauren Child's Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton Trent.
Dd, one, loved her pushalong labrador dog and Russian nesting dolls from her godmother.
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Twiglett · 04/01/2005 12:37
For DS (3.10) a toss-up between Pairs (a pack of cards to play pairs with which must have cost about 99p) and a shooting gallery .. with gun , cans and bottles that fly off a plastic log when you aim and fire (which must have cost a fortune and I'm still not sure how I feel about it)
Stripymouse · 04/01/2005 12:44
DD (3 and a half) loves her Mr Incredible "Violet" nightie and her new Care Bear - should not have spent so much on so many games. Have put a lot of toys away and will bring them out one by one over a few weeks.
DD2 (13 months) loves her Boohbah?s wobbly ball thing that lights up and randomly runs about the house not bad for a five
Wasted good money buying ELC washing machine, iron, pegs and line and ironing board for DD1 - not interested, neither am I so why I thought she would enjoy it I don?t know! Actually i do know why i bought it - hoping to train her up early
jodee · 04/01/2005 12:53
We treated ourselves as a family to a portable dvd player for the car (we only had a video player indoors), but ds likes it so much it's set up in the dining room on his little table and he's pretty much been sat in front of it all Christmas! (We did do painting this morning, so I'm not a totally bad mother!)
morningpaper · 04/01/2005 13:02
DD loved her 6.99 plastic doll from Woolworths - she honestly doesn't give a toss about anything else.
Worst buy was the Balamory Josie Jump Mat - total crap.
I reckon that 50% of our presents are already in bags for the charity shop - feel like a bitch but we really don't need anything.
Lucycat · 04/01/2005 13:07
DD1 has lived in her 'Princess and the Pauper' dress (pink side only of course!) complete with Anneliese doll. She was gutted when she had to put her school uniform on this morning!! DD2 (20mths) just wanted everything that DD1 had, and Dh loves DD2's Wheels on the Bus with the steering wheel thingy. Boys don't grow up they just get older!!
Pollyanna · 04/01/2005 13:19
Definitely the princess and the pauper barbie castle for dd1 (huge heap of hideous pink plastic bought by my sister) - baby annabel was a flop.
ds loves his playmobil castle. Geomag was a surprise hit.
dd2 was just pleased to get some toys of her own I think!
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turquoise · 04/01/2005 15:14
As always with us - two of the cheapest stocking fillers were the big winners: plastic place mats, one with the chemistry periodic table for ds (very strange boy) and the sign language alphabet for dd.
Also Quidditch pc game for ds, and dd had an "American Girl" video she's watched about 3 times a day - everything else has gathered dust since boxing day.
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