Last year Avery's big hit was his DSiXL...with everyone lol
Ella got a play kitchen last year and she plays with it every now and then but I'd not say it was a huge hit with her.
The surprise hit for them too was pillow pets...Avery begged for one and honestly I'm not big on stuffed animals b/c my kids just don't play with them. But I decided to get them each one as their Christmas Eve gift from us. I don't know what it is about those pillow pets but they still play with them almost every single day..they were playing with them yesterday for about 2 hours. So big A+ for those.
This year they're begging for a "Happy Napper" which I guess is this year's pillow pet.
Leapster was a big hit with Avery from about age 3-4.
Ella got this leapster Violet Dog 2 years ago and she LOVES it and still sleeps with it every night. You can program it with personalized info and she'll even say Ella when she talks. So cute.
Tag Reader has been a huge hit in our house. Avery and Ella both love to use it and so I always pick up new books for that for birthdays and Christmas...they love to be read to though so that goes along with that I suppose
And Ella got this little pink piano last Christmas which was her hit of the year..she still loves to bang away on it until I put it away for a while b/c I just can't stand it another second lol
anything Melissa and Doug is usually popular around here..including this set of nesting blocks..they still play with it all the time...
and our biggest hit?? Vintage Little People Sets...seriously like the ones I played with when I was little. My mom had some left from when I was growing up and then I've bought a few from ebay. They play with them ALL the time..especially Ella. We have a few of the newer sets and they never touch them. Something about old school fisher price that they love.