FYI

For those of you who are obsessive planners like me or those that like to shop early for sales like me, I just wanted to pass along info on a feature of this blog you may not be aware of. If you look to the right you will see where it says "VIEW MY COMPLETE PROFILE". That will take you to a page that has "wishlist". Click on that and that will take you to Froogle Shopping List where under "find a friends wishlist" you enter my email of nnejabari@yahoo.com and up will pop a wishlist for Alex. Thought this might be helpful for Christmas and Birthday shopping. Don't pay any attention to the speicific store its from, I just did a search and put up the first one that came up. So if doing on-line shopping, I would do your own search for the item for the best price. Also, for most of the items, e-bay may be your best bet. You can get new-in-box items for less than retail (except for TMX-elmo and other "hot" toys, non of which are on her list except maybe "Lucky Puppy"). Also, Alex is certainly use to gently used items since thats what about 80% of her stuff is, so thats another route to take. We've just been adding things that she seems to have an interest in. She plays with her Schleich animals everyday and her little animal playsets too. Shes really getting into the pretend play so more things for her kitchen would be nice. She likes to do puzzles and loves books(if anyones interested, I can e-mail a list of the books she currently has), especially ones that have flaps or touch and feel and that kind of thing. Size wise for clothes she's in 24 months/2T and it looks like she'll be in that size for awhile. This is in no way a solicitation for gifts, but I know it can be hard since she's not there to know what it is she's interested in and likes to play with. Hope this helps, though time with Family would be the best gift of all.
Stay tuned for a major update next Tuesday as we will be back from DISNEY.