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[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

Best birthday gift for a child?
A 4-year-old boy

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_call_me_snake_/]

What age?

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

He's going to be four.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_call_me_snake_/]

Anything the boy's interested in?

[its-notluck.livejournal.com]

What age, boy or girl?

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

Four year old boy.

[its-notluck.livejournal.com]

My brother loved little tricycles when he was that age, or action figures. A ball was always popular too.

[eirenikos]

Durable dinosaur or vehicle toys. Trucks, airplanes, cars.

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

Evan does like cars and planes. Dinosaurs...hmm. I think that sounds like a good choice. He's extremely bright so he'd enjoy learning about them and playing with them.

[eirenikos]

You might also want to include a few hard-to-destroy books about them. Also, depending on where he lives, does he have a sandbox? Boys around that age love playing in the dirt.

[riff-fielding.livejournal.com]

Superman action figures, cars, or dinosaurs. Or Robots.

Unless it's a girl. Then I guess a barbie.

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

Superman? Is that some sort of hero?

He's a boy and thank you for your ideas. Dinosaurs and action figures seem like the way to go.

[riff-fielding.livejournal.com]

Yeah! He's a super hero. He's faster than a speeding bullet.

*nods*

I know a lot about boys. I am a boy!

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

The Art of War

A good book (http://www.amazon.com/Saint-George-Dragon-Margaret-Hodges/dp/0316367958) is always appropriate.

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

I'm saving that for when he's 11.

Thank you, Dad. That's a good suggestion. I'm pretty sure Evan doesn't have that already and he loves to read.

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

It might be a little complex, but you said above that he's a bright child, and it's a good experience to read as a family...

I'm sorry I didn't do it with you more often, son.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

Very much depends on the child.

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

Evan's four and extremely bright. He's exhausting with questions and thoughts about everything he comes in contact with. He likes cars and planes and boats. But I already gave him a remote control plane. I've gotten some good ideas so far.

Much better than the things the people in Toys R Us suggested. Have you been in one of those? I think they're secret portals to hell.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, yes. I'm a mother, Lex. I know those all too well.

I'd go with some sort of learning-facilitating toy. If he's as bright and inquisitive as you say, he'll appreciate something like that far more than mindless fun.

[delamarck.livejournal.com]

One of the simpler model car kits if he's showing an aptitude for taking things apart and putting them back together. Something you can do together, being the idea.

If not, a remote conrol car or a child's bicycle, perhaps. Something to start rolling around on.

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

His father has taken care of the first bicycle. But I know he'd enjoy a remote controlled car.

[delamarck.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. Well, most boys do, and it's a good toy for most who enjoy the outdoors and anything on wheels. Just be careful if he decides to start adding anti-tank weaponry or something to it.

[hero_farmboy]

Started him on Warrior Angel yet?

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention it. I haven't. I was thinking yesterday that I haven't looked at them in some time.

[living-gift.livejournal.com]

I like getting books.

[luthor-legacy.livejournal.com]

Books are always a good idea. Thank you very much. I haven't been four in a long time. I always like to get expert opinions like yours.