The Barbie in the Pink Shoes Kristyn doll is pretty cool because when you twirl her, her skirt transforms from all pink to a purple and blue skirt, automatically!  I still can’t figure out how it works.

Barbie in the Pink Shoes characters: Kristyn, Giselle, Odette

I remember having endless Barbie play time when I was a kid.  I had 3 Barbies and actually, that was a lot already for that time.  Now, M has 6.  One of her friends has 57!  (wow!)  Thankfully, Tita Pam of Richwell Prime gave her the Barbie ballerina Kristyn!!  Thank you so much Tita Pam.

I personally prefer the Basics line and the Collectors line.  I particularly love the Birthday Wishes Collectors’ Edition.  I want one for myself.  (Heehee)  But this post is about what M wants.  I digress…

My Barbie Preferences

2. Lego Friends.  She’s finally 6, thus she qualifies for the age label on the big Lego Friends packs (Last year, she was very manang in saying she can’t have Lego Friends yet because she was just 5 and the box sad 6-12). She wanted Olivia’s house but it is pretty expensive (equivalent to 14 Lalaloopsy!).  So, she’s getting the more reasonable tree house as her first Lego.

3. Look It’s About Me personalized story book.  This one is super cute and is actually my choice.  She doesn’t know about it yet.  The book incorporates her as the lead character.  She goes through the underwater adventure, her hobbies are named in the book and she even has her friends’ names in it.  The story is very well-written and the illustrations are really nice.  She loves reading and playing pretend so to see herself in a story will be such a treat for her.  I can’t wait for her to see it.  She will be so thrilled!

I actually didn’t think there was something like this made locally.  The book is hard-bound and has 24 pages.  It’s P1,200 per book.  To order, they sent me a form which I filled out for the customized hobbies and names in the book.  Because of the customization and the really nice quality of the book, the price is pretty good.  It’s a really nice gift and will be a keeper forever. They also have other titles in their website to choose from.

4. Family time.  She loves our afternoons spent in Magnolia just hanging out.  After school later, I’ll take her and her sister  to ride the choo-choo train, window shop at the toy store, eat a golden brown waffle at Pancake House (she can eat 1 whole!) and let her eat as many Oreo Strawberry Cremes as she wants (before 5pm).  It has to be Oreo Strawberry because she just adores pink.

Oreo actually calls those bonding moments with kids Oreo Time. Log in to oreotime.com to share your own family moments and get to win prizes.

5. Tea Set.  Her plastic tea set got broken last year and she’s been looking for them (I threw them away without telling her!  Oops!!  And this girl has a perfect mental inventory of her toys.) so her little sister, N will be giving her a wooden tea set from ELC.  It’s so cute.  It even has little wooden tea bags, sugar cubes and cookies.

Love the wooden toys in ELC.  Located in High Street and Greenbelt.

Happy happy birthday M.  May you always remember this 6th birthday and the reasons behind your gifts when you grow older.

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