Comfort Robo Cat – our kids were begging for a cat, I’m allergic and we were afraid our dogs would kill a kitten, so I found these comfort animals for senior citizens. And well, the rest is history. They got these two years ago and still love them. They purr, roll over, clean their paws and y’all, on a bad day I might pick one up and let it soothe me. They aren’t cheap, but cheaper than cleaning up the tears you’ll have when your kid won’t clean the litter box and you lose your mind having to be in charge of one more thing. Charlie wants a vintage Game Boy (Urban Outfitters sells refurbished ones – the yellow one on the right) but those are really splurgy. We also got them those pocket Game Boys for their stockings (Tetris and Pacman). Yes, our kids are super into tech, tis the age, so trying to find non-addictive video games or YouTube-based toys is hard. Also, both our kids switched to Kindles for reading (less book clutter) and they love their iPads to make stop motion videos, music videos and use the Procreate and Canva apps. We got them for the birthdays on the last Target Circle sale so def wait til Black Friday for those, and while they are more expensive than tablets, they can do the above things on them which they love (and better for travel as they can download more shows to watch). The ATM and the disco ball rotating light are two that have been popular in our house with both kids for years (we actually just rebought Elliot’s ATM after 4-5 years because it finally broke). Hot tip: plug in the disco ball for when they come down the stairs, it’s SO FUN (it comes with the right lights, and spins to reflect all over the walls and ceilings versus having to hang from the ceiling and rig up lights – don’t bother with those). Also, these plug-in disco ball lightbulbs are SUCH A HIT and for $12 for TWO, a great price. LTKKids LTKGiftGuide LTKCyberWeek