Santa's Comin' To Town!!!!

This morning my Mom brought over some toy catalogs for the kids to go thru and make their lists for Santa. They were SO cute as I walked out the door to go to work and they were sitting at the table, hunched over looking at the pages - circling what they wanted from Santa. It was just too cute for words!! For my 2 year old this is the first year she "gets" it - Santa, toys if you're good, that whole deal. So she was literally squealing with excitement as she made her big brother circle items for her in the book. Then he was moving too fast for her past the baby dolls and she mad him stop and go back a page or two so she could circle more things! This is my favorite age for the holidays! Everything is so magical and they don't question HOW Santa can get around the world in one night - they just know it's wonderful and magical! It was SO hard to walk out that door and go to work this morning!

My 7 year old is getting more difficult to shop for - all he seems to want is video games and such. We got him his new bike for his birthday in August - I'm having such a hard time coming up with his "big gift". I try to do one really big gift for each kid - one thing that they really and truly want, no matter the cost (well - almost), then a bunch of smaller things to round out the gifts under the tree. For my daughter I think we are going to get her one of those Little Tikes outdoor playhouses - she loves those when we go over other people's houses. But that is a very physically large item.....so I need to come up with something big for my son as well. At this age the cost doesn't matter to them - they don't get that yet (as well they shouldn't) but I want it to appear balanced, ya know what I mean? I would like to get him something that doesn't involve sitting in front of the computer or Playstation......

Ideas are welcome and needed people!