2009 Holiday Hits and Misses

[Momof3Labs]

Let's start this year's thread! List the age of the child, the toys that were hits and the toys that were misses. My kids have only opened one small wave of toys (from MIL) but there are a couple of early hits:

HITS:

7yo boy:

Science set with test tubes
Legos Space Police set
DS2's car wash tub toy
Star Wars fandex character guide

3.75yo boy:

Lionel railroad crossing bank that is as tall as he is (HUGE hit)
Car wash tub toy
Joey magnetic dress up doll
Telling Time clock

No obvious misses yet, though there are a few things that haven't gotten as much playtime yet. But DS1 was in school until yesterday, so there hasn't been much time.

ETA: Okay, round 2 is over. More hits:

7yo boy:

Crayola art set from Costco
FP Laugh & Learn Home (huh? could barely drag him away from it)
Legos
Hyperdash
And the out-of-the-park home run? A Twilight Sea Turtle, of all things!

3.75yo boy:

FP Laugh & Learn Home (it was actually the twins' gift, not a family gift lol)
Playmobil construction and police sets
Twilight Turtle
Kitchen Littles stove, birthday set and pizza set - I'd say that this is probably the home run so far

[Fairy]

5yo Boy

Hits

Pop-up Castle Book
Build a Bear (still have yet to go, but he's chompin' at the bit)
Gingerbread House

Misses
Pixar non-Cars Characters Car Plushies from Disney Store. Mommy heartbroken
Curious George DVD

Mixed Bag
Beatles Limited Edition Drinking Glasses (loved them, but wanted a toy)

We have a sh*tload left to go on Xmas, so ... we'll see how it goes, tho something tells me his first bike will be a hit.

[MichelleRC]

The biggest hit from Chanukah by far has been Wii Sports Resort. They LOVE this game.

DS1 also loves the Lego Creator Beach House and a ream of blank paper, LOL! , DS2 was thrilled with the Playmobil airplane and some football slippers my mom got him at Old Navy.

I will report back again after Christmas.

[Allisonsmommy]

we did a lot of present opening the other day because we are celebrating 2 christmases this year (dh is in army and we are traveling to another state for xmas)

hits for my 2 year old:

Fisher Price loving family dollhouse

Wooden unit blocks from mellissa and doug

kitty keyboard

Tall stacker pegs

Wooden baby doll cradle


I'll be back after Chirstmas!

[LD92599]

Hits from a 6.5 year old:

Playmobil (though yesterday while in NYC passing by TRU Express, he adjusted his Santa list and *really* wanted an aircraft carrier and said he really didn't need all of the playmobil's that were on the list. Geez, thanks! I told him Santa had already left the North Pole, too bad!)

Raging Reptiles book/animals set from Amazon
Wii Games
Tech Deck skateboards
Binochulars
Hess Truck - #1 hit i think!


Misses....
i bought too many matchbox cars snagging the .49 deal at Walgreens this week! Oops.....

[jacksmom2009]

5.5 Yr old Girl
Hits
Zhu Zhu Pet
FunHouse for zhu zhu
Zhu zhu wheel
Leapfrog Tag
Imaginext Fire Station
Easy Bake Oven
Misses
None
2.5 yr old Girl
Hits
Leap frog tag Jr
Board Books
Vtech Train
Crayons
Color Wonders
Misses
Talking Puppy
10 month old Boy
Biggest Hit
Knitted Firefighter
Hits
Vtech Train
Vtech helicopter
Sensory balls
talking puppy
Work bench
3-1 sports center
Misses
Sitting in all the wrapping paper

[lizzywednesday]

We're going to see DH's nieces & nephew in a few ... my biggest concerns are for his nieces - the fairy-theme gift for the 7 y/o and the "Puppy in my Pocket" critters for the 5 y/o (she's into Littlest Pet Shop, but their oversized eyes wig me out so I couldn't bring myself to buy any!)

The nephew doesn't care what we give him ... he's 3. I love shopping for him - anything I want, he likes. We're pals; I think it's a bonus that I know all the names of all the dinosaurs and have made an effort to learn the character names for Cars.

I'll post later with the actual results. Pray for us.

[hillview]

Hits
4.5 year old boy
Playmobil airplane (thanks BBB!)
Tonka trucks from Costco
Garage from Kid Craft (thanks BBB)
Cars LARGE coloring set from babysitter
Stomp rocket

3.5 year old boy
Toy vacuum
Garage from Kid Craft (thanks BBB)
Stomp rocket

Unclear
RF Wagon
Plasma cars (might also scratch our floors)

TOTAL MISSES
American Girl boy bitty twin (CANNOT BELIEVE THIS) -- DS #2 THREW it back in the box and refuses to look at it

/hillary

[bubbaray]

DD#1 Hits
Bendaroos
Operation Game
V-Tech laptop from our friends
CrazyForts (is DD#2's gift, but DD#1 took over it)

DD#2 Hits
Corolle ballerina outfit
Disney Princess Snow White doll (all of $5!)
Pez dispenser
Tinkerbell costume (from friends)

Misses
not sure, we're still knee-deep in wrapping paper!

[jent]

2.5y/o girl

Hits:
Cariboo game (thought she wouldn't be able to play it yet but she can-- with us)
Kidcraft doll high chair
Doll bathtub
Little people Fun Park & Ferris Wheel playset
Fancy Nancy doll and dress-up dress
M&D easel
Ikea train set
new toothbrush!

Misses:
felt food (but giving it time b/c it was one of the last gifts opened)
Plan toy geometric sorting board

Maybe:
M&D stringing beads (liked at first but quickly ignored in favor of other gifts)

Wish I'd got:
clothes for her doll (when she opened her clothing gifts for herself, she insisted they would all fit her doll)

The good: she seems to pretty much love everything. The bad: it was WAY too much stuff. Much of the above is from grandparents/relatives over the past week (and we haven't even seen my parents yet). I actually held off giving her some of the stuff I bought b/c I felt she got too much already.