Please buy me a toy.

I'll admit it.

I got really excited when I was asked to review Ebeanstalk.com's Toys For 2 Year Olds. Sure, Nora's barely a year and a half, but you have to think BIG when it comes to the stuff you'll be Playing. With. All. Day. Every. Day.

In the past, we've been the lucky recipients of Ebeanstalk's stellar Grow And Learn series, which gave us gifts all throughout the first year of her life. Right after she was born, Nora received the sweetest barnyard animal rattle shapes. (The lion even clocked some air miles with us.) The series ended with soft nesting cubes, all featuring the alphabet and adorable pictures- and an accompanying book. (C for Cat and S for Strawberry had to be taken out of rotation for a bit. They were getting tired.)

So yes. The site.

You can just go ahead and get me the first item on the Toys For 2 Year Old Girls page- it's the Forest Fairy Treehouse by Happyland...and yeah, we have a ton of stuff from this company. They're the cutest things ever, you can chew on their faces and they stay intact, and sometimes I even let Nora play with them.

And yes, at first I was all prepared to debate whether or not the Girls page necessarily needed all of the pink and frilly stuff up top, as opposed to the Boys page that featured trucks and car mats and riding stuff. But, I scrolled down to the bottom of the fairly comprehensive list and was pleased to see that those kinda things were there on the Girls page as well. Lime green Rody horses. Dudley Dump Truck (and his pal Bumpity Bump Bernie). The Road Hog trike. Plus a really good assortment of some of my favorite childhood books- with the exception of The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers, which really freaks my shizz out.

So then I checked out the Toys For 2 Year Old Boys page...and it's also really awesome. And full of stuff that Nora [I] would like; stacking trains, Rub A Dub Pirate squirters, more Happyland figurines, a garden fruits n' veggies shopping bag (Hey, has someone been following my husband around?), and a few really sweet Calin dolls. And as anyone who has been to my house recently can attest, Calin a.k.a. Baby Dot is an extraordinarily good addition to anyone's home. And she can really take a beating. Okay, that sounds wrong.

Since you- most likely- know your child way better than I do, I recommend checking out both the Boys and Girls pages. Or you can take even more of the guesswork outta your decision by heading straight to the Top Selling Toys For 2 Year Olds page, which has a nice cross-section of all of the aforementioned goodies. You'll definitely find something perfect for your toddler.

Or favorite 30 year-old blogger.