ds loves the water too and running in the sprinkler, last year he loved his sand and water table and I think he will love that again this year. We have bought him a cubby & dh is building him a sandpit. This will all be ready just before christmas I think but they aren't really christmas prezzies as such. He loves his swing set with trampoline/slide & swings! which he got just before he was 2. For christmas he'll be getting a sit on digger for the sand pit and a Little Tikes Makin Mud Pie table to sit next to the cubby which I'm sure he will adore! He also has a metal wheelbarrow which come with a shovel, rake and something else but they stay in the shed.