C’s second birthday is coming up. I’m planning the party and trying to choose a play kitchen. That’s what I’m blogging about over at Babble…

As for a birthday gift, I think we are going to splurge a little and get her something she’ll love: a play kitchen. This poor child hardly has any toys. She really doesn’t. She plays with things like tupperware bowls and old cleaning rags. Because she’s so much younger than her older brothers and sister, there were almost no hand-me-town toys left in our household for her to inherit, and – true confession here – Jon and I have been really bad about buying her ANY toys of her own. Really, the only toys she has are the ones she got for her first first birthday and for Christmas last year. And those are mostly baby toys. Now she’s enjoying real toys when she plays at her cousins’ houses, and I know it’s time to start getting her some playthings she’ll really enjoy for our house. So yep, I think we’re going to go with a play kitchen, and maybe ask her grandparents to get her some play pots and pans, and some wooden play food.

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