For several months, I've been shopping for the twins and I'm almost finished.
So far, I've been rather conventional: cute dresses (with leopard-print trim), Indian-print skirt-and-vest sets, tricycles, books, boots and some big-girl panties.
Today, I saw something that I thought was really neat: construction tool kits. These have all kinds of plastic tools, a battery-powered "drill" and a hard hat. Well, I bought two of them. Since their daddy is an electrician and they like cars and trucks, I figured that tools would be a nifty gift. After all I have my own tools, for household repairs.
I taught my sons that there's no such thing as "women's work" or "men's work" and I hope that I can influence the twins the same way.
Never having had to deal with girls, before, I'm a little fuzzy on some of the "girly" stuff anyway. I can buy clothes and shoes but some of the toys mystify me. In the past, I've bought stuffed animals and educational toys but, I want to give them toys that they can DO things with.
So far, I've been rather conventional: cute dresses (with leopard-print trim), Indian-print skirt-and-vest sets, tricycles, books, boots and some big-girl panties.
Today, I saw something that I thought was really neat: construction tool kits. These have all kinds of plastic tools, a battery-powered "drill" and a hard hat. Well, I bought two of them. Since their daddy is an electrician and they like cars and trucks, I figured that tools would be a nifty gift. After all I have my own tools, for household repairs.
I taught my sons that there's no such thing as "women's work" or "men's work" and I hope that I can influence the twins the same way.
Never having had to deal with girls, before, I'm a little fuzzy on some of the "girly" stuff anyway. I can buy clothes and shoes but some of the toys mystify me. In the past, I've bought stuffed animals and educational toys but, I want to give them toys that they can DO things with.