My son received one of those race tracks for his birthday (the first item on your amazon list) and I wouldn’t recommend it. We’ve had nothing but problems with it and actually thew all but the car itself away. He likes playing with the car - but the rest was a waste.

If your son likes art at all, I’d recommend an easel. We picked up a great one from Ikea for $20 - has a white board, a chalk board, and a roll of paper for drawing on paper. If you aren’t lucky enough to have Ikea near you, I’m pretty sure you can buy it on their website!

Congratulations on being the mother of a two-year old! We’re 3/4 of the way through the twos and they’re not terrible at all … they’re a blast!!

My 3 year old has an easel and absolutley loves it! When she was about 1 1/2 to 2 years old we got her something kind of similar to the phonics fridge magnents. It was not spelling though, it was just the letters, and she loved them. She would push the button and sing the songs, and then she very quickly associated letters with words. It was great! Those are wonderful for learning and I highly reccommend it! Hope you find the perfect gifts and lil duck has a wonderful birthday!

Hmm someone else loves clifford He also still likes (Blue - the magnet drawing pad my son liked and still does at 3 1/2:

I actually buy a lot of discovery toys….they have educational toys…pretty
cool. These are just samples of toys that he still plays with at 3 1/2….
Check them out at: http://www.discoverytoysinc.com/

Below is a list of toys I bought for my boys and as I said the oldest still plays with them.

BLOCK BUGGY
Gross Motor, Thinking & Problem Solving Kinesthetic, Visual
Full Product Description.
Item #1161
Price $26.99

MEASURE UP!® Cups
Fine Motor, Thinking & Problem Solving
Full Product Description.
Item #1971
Price $10.99

RAINFALL RATTLE
Sensory, Thinking & Problem Solving
Full Product Description.
Item #1152
Price $9.99

JIGGLES Pull and Go Pal
Fine Motor, Sensory
Full Product Description.
Item #1128
Price $15.99

TODDLER TALK Recording Phone
Sensory, Language
Full Product Description.
Item #1226
Price $14.99

TANGIBALL
Gross Motor, Sensory
Full Product Description.
Item #1340
Price $9.99

Have Fun!!!

Wendy directed me here today! (I’ve been here on THursdays, though.)

My son is 9 now, but he LOVED the Thomas the Tank toys as a little tyke. Still have em, too. Have a fun time with the birthday!

Hi, From the list it sounds like he’s gonna have a lot of fun! Wendy directed me here :0)

I was directed here by Miss Wendy!

Let me see here. My human pet is involved in a parent-infant program, and after working on inventory all summer, she has some suggestions for your little one.

Mr. Potato Head Farm

Toy Bowling Set

World of Little People Garage

Hope these help!

That’s an impressive list! Add books. FOr you toi read to ‘im.

Of course, I seem to recall wanting a mini-micro brewery for my 2nd birthday… or was that this year?

When my son turned 2, my father got him a Rescue Hero - I thought he was too young for it, but he fell in LOVE with that thing…and now at 5 he has a whole tub full of them. But, alas, he is starting to turn towards Pirates now - so the bin of Rescue Heros gets opened up less and less….

The water wheel table was a big hit here. (I just had to get it after seeing Kate’s pics!) An abacus sounds fun, we’re looking at the word whammer too, even though she thinks throwing her fridge phonics letters at Charlie is fun right now. I think you’re brave for wanting the pound-a-ball! LOL
We still have the My First Word Book from the oldest and she loves it (we have the numbers and letters too). I think Lil’ Duck would love the kitchen set, you could get him some play food too (although he’s too smart to go with that, he wants the real stuff he can dump…) Have fun!

I just can’t stay away!!

My daughter is turning three tomorrow!!! (just sharing!)

She has this crayole marker board/magnetic board/easel/drawing table thing…..it sounds like several things, but it really is all in one. She can spend hours playing with it being very creative!

Hey Mama Duck!
Boo-bear turned two in April and we got some cool stuff! He is just now into his LeapStart LeapPad, and I highly recommend it. After just one or two sittings, he knew that an owl can’t see at night and has to turn his head to look at things (he told me that!). It’s a great learning to read thing. The laptop thing you have on your list is like the same thing. LeapPad you buy different books to go with it.
Legos! Every kid should have plenty of legos!
Playdoh…Boo bear got some cool things to make with Playdoh.
Your list looks awesome, so I think he will love any of it.