If there is something they would both like it would be a good idea because they tend to fight over their toys.And of course both kids will get some zubbles with their gift if it's on the shelves yet - View image here: -In the end I'll probably give up and get them both robots and walkie talkies or something - View image here: -Edit: My brother really pissed me off last time we spoke, so I'm not against excessively noisy toys-hmmm drum kits for both kids? That never occured to me.I was very close to ordering both of them one of those ant farms with the LED lit base from think geek but then I saw some bad reviews of it. Kids are pretty smart at that age and can figure stuff out but the big question is would she want to?Also, good points about the hearing. I used it to record songs off the radio 2) it would be an opportunity to get her on the computer and play around with how the thing works. I'm not too concerned about them wrecking or losing what I get her-that'll happen whether it's an electronic toy or not.The mp3 player I was looking at was one of those 128 M RCA ones for fifty bucks, so if she did lose it/break it/not like it wouldn't be a huge deal.I was liking the idea of the player for a couple of reasons: 1) when I was that age, I got a tape recorder/player with headphones for xmas and I loved it. I'm going to get my nephew something different, though I'm not sure what yet. I'm thinking more along the lines of the boombox or karaoke. I did see a Bratz one at ToysRus but I really hate the Bratz stuff and it's a bit expensive. My husband got a camera when he was 8 and said it was one of his favourite gifts growing up.I'm leaning against the mp3 player, although the disney ones look cool-I can't find them in a canadian store online.

Thanks for all the ideas- View image here: - ProphetM, I was thinking about a digital camera too but I was looking for one that is made for kids.

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