Brainstorming Birthday Ideas for Ivan

Ivan's 2nd birthday is coming up so fast! He's kind of hard to buy for (must get that from his dad), so I'm starting the brainstorming process early this year. I haven't decided yet what of these things we'll be getting for him.

I love this Cylander Stacking and Nesting set from Guidecraft. They also have one that is cubes. This is the type of thing Ivan would be all over. He LOVES containers, and sorting things. This set gets great reviews.

Ivan has been really into wooden puzzles for the last little while too, but he's getting bored with all of the ones we have. I was looking at a few Melissa and Doug ones, and I came across this little beauty.

I also think Ivan is going to be a builder, and because he likes nesting and stacking so much, I think Wedgits would make a great building toy for him.

He's also really into books. I recently discovered the they make Sheep on a Ship by Nancy Shaw in a board book now. I'm really liking that idea, both my boys really love the Sheep books she does. I'm also thinking maybe The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, since he likes Cat in the Hat so much. He also likes the "I Spy Little ...." books, so I might try seeing if there are more of those that we don't already have.

Ivan really likes big machines...diggers, cranes, bulldozers, tractors, etc. I think I'm going to try and make him an excavator cake. We'll see how that goes. But the perfect present to go along with that would be this Mega Bloks Cat Large Vehicle Dump Truck.

I'll figure it out I'm sure, but I've had these few ideas, and I didn't want to forget about them, so here they are.