Cute & cuddly - but not so easy! From: Fisher-price.com

It’s late and I’m up wrapping presents for the little guy’s first Christmas*.

His favorite things: Elmo and cell phones.  So imagine how I felt like I hit the mommy lottery when I found both of his favorite things in one great toy that even says his name.  The box says “Elmo knows over 15,000 names!”  and touts its “easy programming.”  Thumbs up for Elmo programming random ass names like Locadio.  (Check out the website – hours of endless fun listening to Elmo say names). A ginormous thumbs down for your thorough directions that NEVER EVER say to take the freaking toy out of the box for the programming to work.  More thumbs down for no further instructions for people having difficulty programming or for a customer service number.

A big thank you to the frustrated parents who commented on Amazon.com with this gem of wisdom about taking the toy out of the box even though you wanted to wrap the gift.

P.S. Fisher-Price I’d like the hour I wasted back.  Thanks for your consideration.

* I mean the first Christmas that he shows an interest in opening gifts.

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(Elmo, Tyra Banks and Cookie Monster)

I knew Cookie Monster was trouble

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This weekend the east is being blanketed with snow and here in Los Angeles it’s close to 80 degrees. It doesn’t look anything like Christmas.

However, Beverly Hills’ Golden Triangle reminds M. and I of Michigan Avenue with the white lights and the festive store fronts so last night we packed up A.’s peeps (Ya-Ya, Papa, M. and I) and went there to walk around. We had a great time chasing A. through the streets of Beverly Hills dodging pedestrians and dogs. He climbed the stairs at Two Rodeo Drive and as he reached the top he was greeted by carolers. Unsure what to do, he ran past them clapping, then stopped, turned around and walked to a spot in front of them where he decided to stand for the next 20 minutes.

Now, I haven’t seen carolers in a while. But I knelt there with my son and listened to this quartet sing holiday music—about peace on earth, goodwill towards men and visiting relatives’ homes. I enjoyed watching his grandparents interact with him as he clapped and danced to the music. (Jingle Bells was his favorite, probably because it is the melody Elmo sings at the end of his segment.)

But most of all, as we watched the carolers sing underneath the towering Christmas tree, it felt like the holiday season to me. It’s a feeling I haven’t enjoyed for a long time, and I am so glad that I found it.

Elmo had heard the new song “Bad Romance” on the radio earlier and thought it was quite catchy. Later on, at home, he checked it out on YouTube. Now, he decided, he’d learned a valuable lesson: Never watch Lady Gaga videos before going to bed. That shit was terrifying.

Elmo T. M. X. Features three interactive tickle spots, on his chin, tummy and toe Tickle him once, and he will laugh and slap his leg, fall into a sitting position and rock himself back to standing while laughing Tickle him twice and he’ll repeat the pattern, then fall onto his back, kicking his feet while laughing even harder Tickle him a third time, and he’ll laugh, sit, stand, roll over onto his tummy and slap the floor

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Okay – it is true confessions time!  I am at a loss, and hate to admit that my almost 3 year old daughter seems to have managed to best me on potty training.  I was impressed that Jamee seemed to have had a pretty easy time – but it certainly has not worked that way for me.  Lilah is very capable of going without diapers – and has proved this during weekend shopping outings.  She seemed to easily manage – communicating when it was time to visit the restroom.

Lilah wearing her pull-up as a hat

At age 18 months I ‘introduced’ Lilah to the concept – and purchased a small seat that sits on the toilet, with a stool used for accessibility.  I had heard that it was important not to push too early, so we waited until she was 27 months before we started really trying to ‘train’ – not wanting to make her feel uncomfortable and losing her cooperation in the process.

When Lilah is at home she does not wear a diaper, and uses the potty when needed.  She follows all the ‘rules’ – and always remembers to wipe and flush.  We praise her for her actions, hoping this will be the positive reinforcement needed.  When she is at daycare she ALWAYS chooses to wear diapers!  Perhaps she does not want to be bothered with interrupting her play?  I give her a choice of wearing her new Dora and Sesame Street underwear or putting on a diaper – and the choice is consistently to wear her Elmo diapers.  Is it a problem that I am giving her a choice?

Lilah’s daycare has other children her age, and they all seem to be wearing diapers.  The children are regularly taken to the potty – and receive stickers and praise when they successfully use the potty.  Perhaps when one switches the others will fall in line?  Of course I would love for Lilah to be a leader in this arena!  She will be moving to preschool late next year and will be required to be potty trained by that time.  I really want this to happen sooner than later – since it is obvious she is capable, but chooses not to ‘participate’ fully.  The le•top staff has contributed suggestions – including ‘you’re getting to be a big girl’ and the pretty panties angle.  Nothing has worked so far. Is there a ‘magic word’ I should know?  Let’s share!

Our 2nd annual Toys For Tots drive was once again a succcess!  A very warm Thank You to the following businesses who helped kick it off with their generous toy and cash donations!  Please visit their sites for your shopping needs…

The Enchanted Dog
Garden Party Tea
Can Crusher World
Hicky Bar
DC Mach Inc
Old World Limited
Social Networking Nanny
Datatrac Search & Locate Company
Valley Yard Services
On Fair

If your business would like to be involved next year, please become our Fan on Facebook, &/or follow us on Twitter

top : “Princess Sara” ring customised for Alynna as a gift for Sara

bottom left : “me want cookie” and “elmo loves you” hand-drawn earstuds remade for Michelle

bottom right : “C’est La Vie” bottlecap ring customised for Elaine with pink fonts

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so the OUI OU NON & JE T’AIME charms arrived from the USA on saturday, and i’ve been busy catching up on the preorders, putting the necklaces together, packing them and mailing them out…

i still have one last OUI OU NON necklace available in stock, so grab it while you can!

in this photo : new pacman necklace in the works, Elaine’s C’est La Vie ring before being attached to the ring base and Hannah’s I bleed for Chanel necklace before being put on a chain!

and look who’s having fun with pacman…

It’s Po!

i think Po makes quite an adorable necklace model… what do you think?

anyway i was working on a couple of new fun pieces this week… here’s some of them! some are already up on the website, i know i’ve been a little slow in adding new items this week… but i will get everything done soon enough! (i hope)

♥

just added new bracelets!

miss sophisticated and jetsetting with tiny teddy were previously sold out, but they’re now back! in limited quantities! so don’t let them slip away!

lots of prices reduced!

click on the image above to check them out!

♥

xoxo

Wsup guyz! Most of us have started blogging with a CP topic… but lots of us have evolved, to stuff ppl our age should be acctually talking about, not some weird-colored penguin and fluffball pets. Examples? Me, Bbfreeze, Pupz, Icedeburd. Need I say more! (All of them R better posters than me and get more than triple the views but still…) And if ur 13 and ur still posting about CP I’ve gotta a newsflash 4 ya! CP is targeted from kids under the age of 10. :| Seriously. And to think I still posted about CP when I wuz 10, so sad… So NYway, CP’s the old… even though 4 some reason when you post about cP you get more views unless ur awesome…

And zis is ze new! TADA!

To celebrate this awesometacular era of awesomely newtastic posting style, here is a picture.

Why thank-you Elmo! ;p

WOOT.

Plus…

I’m having a contest for a Digital Copy of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!” Oh yeah! My fam got the Blu-ray and I get to give away the code thats get’s you ur digital copy!

The “New” Contest

Find out the most weird (not tragic) new item/event and edit a pic of it to be awesome! (or funny) Send us a ur pic to w.p.f@live.com

Rules: No inappropriate picz! You can enter as many pics as you want! But you cannot copy pics directly and send them in. (obviously) ;D

The most awesome pic wins!

^Not my editing, but my teacher is like ze best and he’s teaching me Photoshop CS3!!! So expect the unexpected…  (o_O) And maybe some farts. (~.~)=%

One of my sons turns three today.  I didn’t know what to get him.  He’s a fan of Elmo, loves balls, and has a great arm.  I’m not some parent in denial about what a great athlete he is, he really has an arm.  He has broken one of my pottery pieces, and a picture frame didn’t last either.  Give him a hard ball and items get hurt.

I stumbled across draftsmith’s shop on Etsy.  She makes cute stuffed balls.  This could be a solution, he could throw until his heart is content, and my vintage items would survive.  I contacted her to see if she could make one the looks like an Elmo head.  She could, it was a pleasant experience, and I waited until his birthday.

He opened the gifts, and I do have to be honest, the helium balloon is his favorite.  It’s like most kids, they play with the box .  However, he banged the keys on his gator xylophone, played gator golf, did some coloring, and laughed at the singing card.  He also liked his Elmo head, he’s kicked it and thrown it around.  He had a nice birthday, I don’t think there wasn’t a thing he didn’t like.  We should all be so lucky.

The Elmo Ball

Why tote your kids’ “stuff” around when there are fabulous inexpensive backpacks that let them haul it all??? These backpacks are perfect for jaunts to grandma’s house or even when ALL of the dinosaur figurines have to go to the grocery store with you… Surely I’m not the only one in that boat?

Amazon has a killer sale right now on backpacks for kids. This snazzy Elmo backpack has been marked down to $4.99, and there’s a Star Wars backpack that’s also down to $4.99. For less than 2 bucks more, you can snag a fantastic Disney Princesses backpack or a Disney Tinkerbell backpack for just $6.72.

All of these backpacks qualify for FREE super saver shipping, so think ahead! These would make fabulous gifts for your kids’ friends or even get you ready for the next school year.  Pair one of these backpacks with a classic book, and you’ve got a wonderful, memorable baby shower gift!

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Thanks, “Deal”ectible Mommies!

At my daytime job as the art director for the American Physical Society, there’s

Johnson family at Sesame St for the Holidays (at the office)

The weather here is terrible at the moment. Its freezing cold outside because its so rainy and windy. So Im taking this time to catch up on stuff.

8.12.09

Today my lil bro turned 15!! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY. I miss you heaps . But I went to Universal Studios Japan instead. Despite all the really bad reviews online about USJ such as long queues etc. I had a great time. The longest we had to wait for a ride was 40 minutes and even got to go on the rollercoaster twice because the line was only 10min. One of Rie’s friends actually waited 3 hours to go on it when she went. So I guess I was really lucky with queues. The greatest part of the day was the Magical Starlight Parade.As you can see from the pics, all the floats were sooo pretty.

Beautiful Starlight Parade at USJPretty Swan Thing

Hellllloooo Kitty

10.12.09

Yesterday, we went to Rie’s University to see what its like. She attends an all-girls Christian University which looks really different to the universities we have in Bris. They even have school bells there which ring at every 50min and hour interval.

Entrance to the University

After our visit to uni, we went to Kobe with her friends to see the famous illuminations which were created to commemorate the deaths of those who were killed in the largest Earthquake in Kobe 15yrs ago.

Kobe Memorial Illuminations

With Rie's friends at Kobe Chinatown

After we saw the lights, Rie proceeded to ask whether we could eat tofu, me thinking that she meant tofu with meat and other stuff said “yeah sure”. Little did we know, Rie meant an all TOFU restaurant where they serve all kinds of tofu in different ways. The best was a tofu soup and tofu skin wrapped sushi. But the worst was scary :S! I have to say the worst was the black tofu with wasabi. This concoction not only looked scary but it tasted soooo weird that after a tiny bite I was unable to continue eating it.

Weird Black tofu and wasabi

Rie and her friends all thought it was “oishii” but this is one dish I wont ever be eating again.

Other than that Rie’s friends were so kind and fun!! Tomorrow is Kyoto.

Peace out

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On our quest to get better, Kayla and I have laid in bed or on the couch watching an endless amount of Happy Holidays! by Elmo and Elmo In Grouchland this past week. This has resulted into some desperate measures to watch something else without monsters and ABC’s. When you can recite every word of both movies, its time for a break (ing of that movie). Either way, I need to watch something else.

Once Kayla feel asleep I turned off the movie and flipped through the channels only to find that there is nothing on T.V. No good movies on Showtime, no good reality show rerun, nothing. with 150 channels, I find that highly upsetting. With my disappointment in hand I decided to just watch an episode of Wife Swap. Showing exactly the downfall of America, one episode at a time. Where in the world do they find these people?

After watching this family, who were on the news here in Colorado not long ago pulling a hoax about their son hiding in a balloon, I realized how semi-normal my family seems. I’m sure their goal is to go out into America and find the extremes but it floors me that there are those extremes out there. The people who control their kids every move, the people who let their 5-year-old run the streets at midnight alone. The dad that forces the mother to be a servant to him or the mother who makes the husband treat her like a princess while she lays lazily in bed until two in the afternoon not lifting a finger to assist in the running of the household.

To me, in my house, it’s a fifty-fifty. There are rules and there are sacrifices. There is time for fun and play and there is time to buckle down and do what you need to do.

I think my husband and I have a great balance to our life but Im sure those people on the show think that, too. 

While watching, it got me thinking, what would the opposite of my family be if we were to go on this (awful) show?

Piñatas!  Mission and 22ndish.

It’s that time of year, the holiday season, where you seemingly feel an overwhelming urge to grit your teeth and bare the discomfort to spend time with judgmental people you dislike the other ten months of the year. You sit and eat meals, you send christmas cards, and you also fight tooth and nail to the death for the best deal on a flat screen TV you don’t need in a house that is getting tougher to afford so you can watch assholes on Survivor in 1080i HD. Indeed, this season of barfight-like kerfuffles in the aisles of Toys ‘R’ Us and Best Buy across the nation to appease little Timmy and Susan Q American so as to keep them from hating you to the point they cut their wrists when off their meds, is a testament to the real spirit of the season as it stands today. It wasn’t so long ago that gift cards were lame and price tags on gifts were taboo, as you shopped with thought and care as to get the right thing for those special people in your life so as to light up their faces with joy and wonder. What it has become is the tabulation of a P&L sheet as to see how much you spent and what profit you may have made while sliding all the thoughtless plastic tender in to your wallet to get the things no one knew you well enough to know you might want. ‘Tis the season…

I remember when I was growing up and Christmas came around. As a youngster I rarely received gift cards, if ever. As a tiny tot I got a check from Grandma, but that is as close to a Best Buy card as I got; what I had under the tree were actual gifts wrapped with care and purchased with thought by those that loved me. When I got to ravage that pile of commercialized wonder I opened item after item, knowing I had wanted every one, and that ‘Santa’ had me in mind when every enslaved Elf built it…ok, not really, but you get the point. When I was a kid you bought people stuff, you actually went out and shopped. You thought long and hard about that thing you saw them looking at six months ago and they just never got for themselves, or that item of conversation in passing while waiting for a table at the Sizzler on some idle Sunday evening. These were the days when people put real care in to what they gave to you, and vice versa.

When I was growing up my mother always taught me to take the price tag off of things I was wrapping. In my mother’s eyes the price of something was between you and the poor, suicidal clerk at Cash/Wrap 1 who rang you up, no one else. My relationship to the price tag was that of a sin confessed between me and my priest, not for others to know. The greatest of follies in gift giving was for there to be any remnant of the price tag, so before wrapping you carefully inspected every crevasse to ensure that no evidence of the monetary value was present, even though the poor recipient would be walking through Target the next week and take a gander at the $19.99 discount price you snagged it at. A present was to be a gift and the price tag was removed to both keep the recipient from feeling guilty if you spent a lot, and to keep you from feeling foolish if you spent only a little. Money was taken completely out of the picture and gifts were to be given in ernest, never making either party feel like they got gipped, or owed, in the exchange.

There was a shift a long time ago as I got older. When I got in to my teens it started innocently with gift receipts from Grandma in case I already had one, or didn’t like it. With Grandma it was acceptable, what did she know, I only saw her three times a year; birthday, christmas, and thanksgiving; so it was forgivable that she was out of the loop on my interests and desires. After all, with Grandma it was really only talk of my grades in school and what I wanted to be when I grew up; would it have killed you to talk about anything but my job, really? But it started with my parents once I got a bit older, receipts with every gift, and now Grandma wasn’t the only one rolling out the money. My parents didn’t write me a check, that was Grandma’s gig. How weird would it have been to get a check from your parents at 12 years old? “Don’t cash it ‘til Friday, love you.” Parents started giving you cash and then some generic gift that seemed like an afterthought to the money, like they felt they couldn’t give you JUST cash, so they got you a piece of Coca-Cola merch or an eight ball skull. Thanks…for the money.

Thought in gifts was taking a turn at this point and once I hit puberty it was less thoughtful than ever. First off, your parents just asked you what you wanted in advance, if you weren’t dropping hints with with Sunday newspaper ads open to what you wanted, circled and highlighted as they drank their morning coffee. So they never thought about you, they just didn’t want you pissed when they got the wrong thing, you were distant enough already, so they just asked. So, if they got you something it was exactly what you asked for. Worst was when they would call you from the store and play the “Hey, what was that thing you mentioned last week, my co-worker was trying to get something for his son, your age?” game, and you had to play coy like you didn’t know what was coming home with your name on it.

Then went the wrapping, my parents and friends stopped wrapping things themselves. If they didn’t get it wrapped by some poor sap at the store then some girl scout troop was wrapping your gifts for you for donations so they could go camping in Spain in the summer to get their ‘running of the bulls’ merit badge or something. What’s even worse is the bag, you know the one, $2.99 and stuff with tissue paper with handles for easy transport. You see someone pull out the bag by the handles like it’s left overs from a Thai joint and plop it down in front of you, and you go through like a grocery bag making sure that you got everything before putting everything back in to it and tossing the tissue paper. By the way, how much does that bag take the fun out of ripping open a wrapped package!? I mean, there is no great reveal satisfaction when you look down in to a bag, but when you viciously strip a gift naked, then we’re talking some Christmas cheer.

Now we’ve skipped forward and the whole system is plastic today. Rare is the truly thoughtful gift. Price tags and receipts are standard on all gifts and they are given with the disclaimer, “you’re so hard to shop for, the receipt is in there in case you don’t want it,” gee, thanks for giving me an errand for Christmas, my favorite time of year to jam in to crowded streets and get stabbed for an Elmo doll, so glad to get back out there once my stitches heal. Now we don’t even give gifts, we just give the ‘gift card’. Boy did those make a huge leap. Remember when they were like paper gift certificates that sometimes looked like fake money. Now they went digital looking more like credit cards, good way to train up the little ones for a life of debt, get them comfortable with plastic early. So now we don’t even try, and we don’t wrap, and we don’t think. We instantly decide, at the register, what you are worth and what store we think you might like; Bath and Body Works for women, Sears for men, and Best Buy is gender neutral.

When did this happen? When did we go from taboo price tags on thoughtful gifts to arbitrarily assigning a person in our lives a monetary value on a piece of plastic? Well I guess I could go in to deep psychological and social issues and trends in the nation that have curved towards simply passing economic funds from one consumer to another, allowing them full buying potential leading to money spent beyond the gift card value on full priced items after the holidays which lead to higher profits in the first fiscal quarter of the following year which can float stock prices on publicly traded companies keeping liquidity intact allowing for a better projected earnings sheet in the next year, but that might just be a little convoluted. I could go on to say that the advent of the gift card in the shape of any normal credit card is the greatest invention since poker chips, removing the true value of money and replacing it with an item of almost no value except the agreed upon terms, which removes the ability to spend said item anywhere but at the table/store. The genius behind the gift card is actual turning cold hard cash in to funny money that has value in only one location; the gift card is actually worse than money since you have now limited it’s buying power to just one chain, locking your money up in them like a goods & services bank until you withdraw the money in the form of a liability(item) with limited longevity. Genius.

I think we can blame commercialism and the fact that once you turn 15 you become a bitch to shop for until you turn 40. Sadly, this is the prime target market for consumer propaganda to be designed for; everyone in this category is the prime spender with disposable income and emerging identity and status issues for which to compensate. Before puberty and after the midlife crisis image is less of an issue, before 15 you aren’t secure, but you don’t really notice the differences in status and in items as much, after 40, generally, you have accepted yourself and lived long enough that you can cast those types of impulsive behaviors aside (you stop giving a shit), my father not included, he bought his first house and first Harley in 2009…he’s 48. Well in this market there is so much stuff to buy that no one knows exactly what you want at any given time, what you wanted last month is not necessarily what you want this month, so people err on the side of caution and get you money to a place where you can get the stuff you want, yourself. The exchange of gift cards is not so much trying to please someone as it is not wanting to disappoint them with a poorly thought out purchase.

Why is there this shift though? My mother raised me to hide how much was spent, and to get someone something they really wanted so they never would return it, receipts were never included either. Now it seems that if a gift is given it was purchased so as to not just be buying everyone gift cards. Gifts have turned in to place holders for thoughtfulness and are bought in haste, wrapped by someone else, and given to you with a disclaimer and the means by which to return them, in addition to a gift card so you can get what you want…shit, now I’ve got to go to two stores Saturday, a full day of shopping, for me. It seems that we have grown comfortable with the recipient of your gift card knowing exactly what they are worth to you at any given time when they calculate what you spent and figure out what that equals in love. It’s like a supply and demand chart, where the love and the money intersect is where the price of the gift card will be, less love equates less money. After all, you’re not going to give Bob Q Jackass from the office a $100 gift card and your wife the $5 one…think about it, I’ll put together a graph later.

In this country we have gotten so busy and fear the embarrassment of giving the wrong gift that we have been bullied in to giving out funny money to the people in our lives. This disconnection with the good ol’ days of scratching price tags off of carefully wrapped items has fallen just short of Grandma’s $25 dollar check and turned in to the game of the gift card. No longer are we scared of letting people know just what we think of them at a time like this. I fear the distaste for our families during the holidays has seeped to the surface and is now poisoning our shopping. We now relish in giving people $10 gift cards to Applebee’s to passive aggressively tell Uncle Rich he can shove his snooty corporate-job digs. Every one of us is guilty of giving the gift card, the modern equivalent of a new tie for dad, but now we give them to everyone and expect the same in return so as to get our money back. But now the hostage exchange of gift card for gift card can really stick the shame to a friend when you give them fifty and they only give you twenty five. Like savvy Wall Street brokers we’re investing gift/shame equity in our friends and loved ones so as to turn a profit somewhere down the line. I’m just spitballing here, but let’s leave the gift cards to Grandma and actually get a thoughtful gift, carefully wrap it, a watch the disappointment fill your sister’s eyes when she rips it open on Christmas day and sees how little you actually care, like Jesus intended. Happy holidays, folks.

Welcome to the 2009 Christmas Holiday Shopping Season !

Yes, you got it, it’s that time of year again,time for spending time with loved ones and for gift giving and present exchanging. (how’d it get here so quickly)

At this time people are making their preparations and searching for gifts and items for both family and friends.
When it comes to the kids, they are going to be desiring – and sometimes gently  “requesting” – the newest and latest, “Hottest” Toys of this our 2009 Christmas season.

So Where do you Go and where do you Begin? You want to be able to find not just one or two of the “best” gifts and toys, but also a whole variety of the Top, latest gifts and toys, and quite preferably, the TOP 10 Gifts and Toys of “Today”.

Well, that’s just what we’ve assembled here,  and just for You!

The research has been done, and the answer is here – what are the Top 10 Best Christmas gifts and presents  of this Christmas, and where can I discover not only some of the best prices but the Quality and Service to back it up- the likes of Amazon and Toys R Us, and where can I further find links or access to continue on with not only the Darling little ones, but as well, the pre-teens, teens, and our other loved ones be it mom and dad, sister, brother-in-law, cousin or neighbors and friends??

Well that my friends is what you have found – assembled here are some of the best , along with the actual, Top 10 Hottest Christmas Gifts n Presents of this, our 2009 Christmas Holiday shopping season.

Come along inside to find the undisputed best gifts available and do your holiday shopping at a virtual one stop holiday bonanza.

Start with finding the latest and coveted “Must Have” toys, such as the Bakugan 7 in 1 Maxus Dragonoid , the latest and best LEGO sets, also the new Elmo Live Encore (Humongus  hit), or maybe the the newest mind challenger- Mindflex Game (teens dig it!), even the Highly Popular, and much talked about Zhu Zhu Pets!

They are all here as well as Many, many more including the always popular Toy Story characters action fiqures of Buzz Light Year and  Woody , or the latest Cars DVD package gift set, maybe a Polly Pocket or Barbie Pink 3 Story Dream Home for the girls.
Check Out the newest Star Wars or Transformer toys for him, or some BananGrams or even games such as Connect 4×4 , Scrabble Slam Cards (great stocking stuffer), or a Qwirkle Board Game  which is another very popular item this  season.

Something that is fun for all ages ( even the “big kid” dads) is the new 2009 LazerTag System 2 Pk which is absolutely a favorite for both the young and old.
And don’t forget about Playskool’s Chuck My Talking Truck for the little ones or Crayola’s New Glow Dome which is another great hit with any kids; and also popular is Bop It again, for the whole family!

What ever it is you are seeking this season, you’ll most likely discover it here at Christmas Gifts n’ Presents!

Thanks for shopping, and Merry Christmas !!!

                                                                                                                  12-9-09

Welcome and Merry  CHRISTMAS !

The best time of the year…

If you believe its Christmas already then you’re a better person than I because I cannot.    At this time people are making their preparations and searching for just the right gifts and presents for both friendsand the family. 
When it comes to the kids  they are going to be wanting  the newest and latest, Greatest” Toys of today.

But,where do you Start and where do youGo?    You want to be able to find  the “best” presents and toys, but also a whole variety of the Top, latest gifts and toys,  hopefully, the TOP 10 Gifts and Toys of this 2009 season.

Well don’t worry, that’s just what we’veput together here  for You, today.

The research has been done, and the preperations here have been completed, what you will find here- especially with the included links – are the best  Top 10  Christmas gifts and presents of this  Christmas, and where you can discover the greatness of Amazon and Toys R Us, and where you can  further find links or access to continue on with not only the Darling little ones, but also, the pre-teens, teens, and our other loved ones be it mom /dad, sister, brother-in-law, neighbors and friends etc.
Thatis what you have found - within these pages here are some of the best , and, Top 10 Hottest Christmas Gifts n Presents of this,Christmas Holiday shopping season.

Come along inside to find the absolute best gifts available and do your holiday shopping all at one place.

What ever it is you’re looking for this season, you’ll find it here at

the    Top 10 Christmas Gifts n’ Presents.
    
                                Merry Christmas !!!

Sarah and I wanted to decorate the centre a bit for Christmas. It’s always cold in the office (not just in winter) and we think it gives volunteers a little boost when they’re in to see the place getting into the Christmas spirit.

Yesterday morning I went to buy a hoover for the centre. Our one kinda exploded a couple of weeks ago…I’d say I was sad about that, but I’d be lying. The exploding one was old and totally pants so I was happy that we finally had very good reason to replace it. But while in Tesco, I saw they finally had the 3ft Tesco Value Christmas Trees (£2!!)

We, uh, had to use some intiative for decorating it though…and we have some very interesting Christmas tree angels at the top…