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Radio Flyer Classic Red Dual Deck Tricycle

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Best gift ever for a 2-5/3 year old: Radio Flyer Classic Red Dual Deck Tricycle. (Make sure to buy a helmet as well!)

11 / 10 / 2008
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The Great Paper Caper

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The The Great Paper Caper, is the latest masterpiece by Oliver Jeffers. You can pre-order it over at Amazon right now. When Oliver was visiting in my studio a few weeks ago, he let me have flip through the book. I can’t wait to get my own copy and read it to our little Ella.

11 / 10 / 2008
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ALBINO, colourinable T-shirts

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ALBINO are colourinable T-shirts for kids. Practice sheets help the little artists decide how to do their shirt before they begin colouring-in directly on the shirt. Yup, a great gift for the holidays!

11 / 10 / 2008
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ABC poster gone minimal

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Thank you Robin Rosenthal for this minimal and beautiful ABC poster.

11 / 10 / 2008
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Melissa & Doug Kitchen Set

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Now that our little Ella cooks us entire ‘pretend meals’, I think we need to upgrade her kitchen tools. This Melissa & Doug Pot Set looks too cute.

11 / 09 / 2008
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Who’s that bunny on my pillowcase?

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Childs head plus Bunny or Teddy heads with embroidered ‘Instructions – place haeds inside dotted lines for best reults’. Sleepyhead Pillowcases.

11 / 09 / 2008
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Today’s NY Times cover as a puzzle

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Isabel pointed me to this fantastic gift idea: You can have almost any NY Times cover made into a high quality 400-piece jigsaw puzzle at Hammacher Schlemmer for $49.95. Woohoo!

11 / 06 / 2008
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Custom “I Heart ___” T-shirts and totes

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Get your custom “I Heart ___” T-shirts and totes. What a PERFECT gift idea.

(spotted over at joanna’s!)

11 / 05 / 2008
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Hugs and Kisses Freezer Bag

I am completely in love with this reusable, washable freezer bag for bumps, bruises, headaches, etc. Created by Sam Hirst to take the place of the frozen bag of peas we normally use for our kids. It is made with linen and block printed by hand with XOXO (hugs and kisses).

11 / 04 / 2008
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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Jennifer mentioned Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs as one of her favorite books from childhood. I knew that if Jennifer loved I would love it as well, so, I ordered the book. I read it to our little Ella tonight and it’s hilarious. It made me laugh out loud and the illustration style really made me look. The story is simply brilliant:

The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers. Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse.

Have you read it yet? Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

10 / 31 / 2008
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Egg Press Stitch Kit – Clauss the Raccoon

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This sew-it-yourself Let’s Stitch kit comes hand-screenprinted on two pieces of canvas, complete with sewing instructions and name tag. Cut out the pieces, sew them together, stuff with the filling of your choice and cuddle up! A great gift for a budding little crafter.