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• The Babble Review: Put Cheekeyes Under Your Tree

  My grandfather had a wood shop and every Christmas there were golf tee puzzles under the tree; and once a stunning doll house that would go for thousands at Neiman Marcus today. When I got a load of The Cheekeyes I cursed myself for unloading grandpa’s toys at garage sales and then promptly coveted all six animal sets for my daughter. Elizabeth talked about these wooden wonders before   Read More... Posted Dec 09 2008, 03:25 PM by editors with | with no comments Filed under: wooden toys, Toys, animals, oompa toys, toddlers, neiman marcus, grandpa, Cheekeyes, christmas gifts, hoiday gift guide

• Cool Holiday Gift: Personalized Book

  It's no news to parents that kids, especially pre-school aged ones, love their name, and they love anything that's personalized just for them. That's one reason this book is so brilliant, but there are a ton of personalized books out there, what makes this one special? Read More... Posted Dec 04 2008, 07:32 AM by Erin Behan with | with no comments Filed under: Books, personalized book, gifts, holiday, name art, birthday gifts, elb, holiday 2008, christmas gifts, freckle box

• Chronicle Gift Packs

  Chronicle has some great bundled gift packs on its site right now, with themes that match many of life's occasions (yes, even some besides Christmas). When purchasing their gift packs, you save money and get a nicely packaged present. Of course the pregnancy pack  ($22.95) caught my eye with its inclusion of the very popular The Pregnancy Journal and the very helpful Pregnancy To-Dos, but also appropriate for Droolers is the kids in the kitchen pack ($29.95), the Eric Carle pack ($29.95) and the Hanukkah for kids pack ($20.95). Posted Nov 13 2008, 05:29 PM by Erin Behan with | with no comments Filed under: Chronicle books, Books, gifts, christmas, holidays, birthday gifts, Chronicle, elb, christmas gifts, kids gifts

• Look Ma, It’s a Luge

  I’m done lamenting about summer (and now fall) being over. Now I can’t wait for the white stuff, especially when there are so many cool sleds like this “Mini Luge” out there. Read More... Posted Nov 13 2008, 04:58 PM by Lisa Mulcahy with | with no comments Filed under: winter, activities, sleds, snow toys, christmas gifts, 5 year old, luge, Zipfry Freestyle Mini Luge, outdoor sports

• Funny Face Bead and Wire Maze

  We've got a toy with a wire maze that's a fraction of this one's size and coolness and Devin can't get enough of it. Add to the allure the funny face that's carefully hidden in the maze design, and Read More... Posted Nov 05 2008, 02:34 PM by Erin Behan with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Toys, Giggle, elb, christmas gifts, funny face bead and wire maze, wire maze, educo