Dear Santa (Stocking Stuffers)

To wrap up this week of all things Christmas wish list (for a 2-year-old), I thought I’d put together a quick post about our planned stocking stuffers. Tonight, we were reading Llama Llama Holiday Drama again and on the very last page, Llama Llama is in bed sleeping with a stocking hanging from the bedpost (with a candy cane visibly sticking out). I noticed Nora looking at it, and could see the wheels turning inside her head. She pointed.

“Sock,” she asserted.

I nodded. “Yes,” I said. “A sock. A stocking, really. You have a stocking downstairs. Santa comes and puts gifts in it on Christmas. Do you want Santa to fill your stocking with presents?”

A smile crossed her lips. “Yes,” she answered.

LOVE.

As I mentioned in the toys post, we got Nora an easel, so naturally she needs the art supplies to go along with it:
(Crayola Crayons, Target)
Nora has crayons, but due to leaving them open on the floor at times, Tessa has successfully eaten/chewed up roughly half of them. We’ve also had some broken crayons, and a ton of really dull tips. I know we could sharpen them, but what the heck—they’re so cheap, might as well get a fresh box. I love brand new crayons.

(Crayola Washable Kids’ Paint, Target)
We’ve never let Nora play with paint before, but I’m sort of excited to let her. Mess? Yes. But I think she’ll love it. It’s washable, and we’ll put down enough protection to make the area look like it’s hazmat, so no worries. Can’t wait to see her painted masterpieces. :)

(Crayola Dry Erase Crayons, Target)
For the dry erase board side of her easel, these dry erase CRAYONS sound perfect. No need to deal with markers? Fantastic.

(Chalk, ???)
We’re also going to get her some “indoor” chalk, but would you believe that I’ve had trouble finding any in stores? I can find the big honking pieces of sidewalk chalk, but regular ol’ classroom chalk? Can’t find it yet. Have to keep looking.

(Fisher-Price Little People Disney Princesses, Target)
Nora got this Fisher-Price Little People Disney Princess Castle for her birthday in September. It comes with two princesses (Snow White and Cinderella), but of course, there are additional princesses available. Each princess says different lines and sings snippets of their own songs, so it’s cute to have the extras. Nora loves to sing and dance to the songs. You can get the extra princesses in this big pack, but you can also buy them in pairs. We’ve purchased them in pairs over a period of time—just kept grabbing different ones as we saw them—and as a result we have the bonus of getting both a Beast (from Beauty and the Beast, obviously) AND a Prince Charming from Cinderella. :)

(OXO Tot Training Cup, Amazon.com)
We’ve got a great thing going with Nora’s current sippy cups—after a long and stressful battle to make a switch back in the spring—so I’m not in any big hurry to mess with it. However, Nora likes to feel like a big girl sometimes and drink out of a “grown-up” cup. These little training cups seem to be great because they are just that—training cups. The top has holes all around the rim, so no matter how they pick it up, they can get liquid out if they tip it. BUT it still has somewhat of a top, so it’s not as “dangerous” (in terms of spills) as a real cup. I like it, and think Nora will, too.

(Toy Story Toddler Plate, Target)
We randomly found one of these plates in Target several weeks ago. She could use another plate or two and we just decided to keep this one tucked away from Christmas. She’s going to be psyched. :) Now we just need some more of her favorite character utensils, too!

Alright, so now the hard part… finishing shopping! We’re basically done with Nora, but it’s everyone else we have to worry about. And only 18 days until Christmas!

Shop ’til you drop, people. Shop ’til you drop! :)