We decided to get Natasha a play-kitchen for her 2nd birthday. There are sooo many of them out there, but I wanted to get her something sturdy that will last a few years and that Veronika could also enjoy later on. We chose the LifeStyle PartyTime Kitchen by Step 2 because it got excellent reviews and also because of the design - it's gorgeous! So yesterday, Matthew spent the whole morning putting it together, while Natasha spent the entire time "helping" - she was copying everything her daddy was doing, it was cute. It was worth it - she loves it! But I think that she doesn't quite understand the entire purpose of a kitchen as she was putting her little plastic animals in the oven! (according to Matthew that's "normal" because normally you do put animals in the oven... ya know chicken, pork, etc... silly daddy).
This kitchen requires 11 batteries!! It has 5 electronic features: stove, phone, overhead light, microwave, and clock!
Aside from the kitchen she also got a Corolle doll set - a doll (that you can bathe with!), a stroller, playpen, and a diaper bag with accessories.
She is not too crazy about the doll, but she loves putting her Dora dolls and her panda in both the stroller and playpen.
My baby girl is ALMOST 2 YEARS OLD!! How bittersweet.
