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[taerowyn]

My lesson learned from yesterday? Buying for two year olds is hard. I was shopping for a birthday present for my friend's daughter and everything was either for little babies or for 3+. Grrrrrrrr. I'm sure that she is advanced anough to handle the 3+ stuff that is marked thus because the makers think two year olds aren't intelligent enough/don't have the hand-eye coordination to handle it (as opposed to the ones marked 3+ due to small parts) but I don't know how much of a stickler her mom is about it. Oh well, stuffed animals are always good.

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movies

[eeyorekdm.livejournal.com]

How about cartoons/videos/sing-a-long type things. I'm not sure how much she's into TV, but when Christie was around that age (2 or 3) she had the routine of picking out a movie, putting it in, watching it, and putting it in the rewinder down pat. Aaaahh the TV age!! :o)

[funkbunny.livejournal.com]

Wodden puzzles were Conner's favorite things. Also plastic gardening tools (watering cans, etc), handyman tools, slippers that resemble something (Scooby Doo, dinosaur feet, etc) ...

I didn't cry if someone bought Conner something for ages 3+ if it didn't have too many small pieces. And he plays with Parker's Star Wars figures (which have tiny pieces) and doesn't put stuff in his mouth.

Legos are another good think - Duplos are excellent and pretty cheap. How bout Play-Doh? They have tons of cool sets ...

sorry .. Parker's birthday is coming up so I'm brimming with ideas. :)

[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm...should have come to you first. I might be going back and doing some exchanging.

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[micahchaplin.livejournal.com]

Just as a matter of note, to answer your question from a while ago on boston:

You probably want to be making about $30,000 a year to live comfortably in the Boston area. Right now Boston is more expensive than Manhattan.

Micah

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[taerowyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the top of the scale for the job I got called on is what I'm making now. Somehow, what I get by on in Ft. Fun, didn't seem like it would cut it.