Ok this might sound a bit weird, but I got Max a tea set! He loves doing pretendy things and i find it hard to find boy stuff that isn't really 'branded'. Everything is Thomas, Transformers, Ben 10 etc etc. I wanted to get him real life things. A friend here is leaving and is giving Max her sand/water table, so I bought some things for that like a sieve, watering can, spade etc. I also got him a Mega Blocs construction thingo....like a crane that can lift the blocks. I also heard that Ikea does a mean kids kitchen!!! DH bought him some car thingy's in those cases, you know the cars lift up and down and drive around it like a car park?, and he'd got one of those mats for his birthday. I'm going to wait till he's 3 (and taller) and get him a little bike with training wheels then rather than a trike now.

sorry for lack of personals, just thought I'd add in my two bobs worth.

xxoo