Annabel Oakley, Gloucestershire UK

Annabel is the eldest daughter of Melissa and Andrew Oakley, and was born on the 13th of May 2006. Her younger siblings are Jacob and Beatrice. This page is mainly for reference by family and friends who would like to buy her presents. If you have bought her a present, and would like it added to this list prior to giving it to her, so that nobody buys a duplicate in the mean time, please email me: andrew@aoakley.com

We are all extremely grateful to those who buy her presents. Thank-you.

Clothing

Annabel is reasonably tall for her age, and usually takes "the next size up".

Currently, Annabel takes clothes age 5-6 years (110cm) (calculated today Friday, 30th July 2010).
At Christmas (25th December 2010), she will take clothes age 5-6 years (110cm).
On her next birthday (13th May 2011), she will take clothes age 6-7 years (116cm).

Present Ideas

Annabel is very fond of anything to do with:

Fairies and princesses
Barbie dolls, especially sets of extra clothes (any 11.5"/30cm tall doll clothes will fit)
Clothing for baby dolls, 18"/46cm (eg. Baby Annabel or real premature size)
Crafts, painting, glueing
Cake/biscuit baking and decorating
Stickers
Anything movie or TV-tie in from CBeebies, Disney or Nick Jr.
Butterflies, caterpillars, snails and ladybirds (not spiders)
Simple jigsaws

Movies

Annabel enjoys children's films and already owns the following DVDs:

Bob the Builder - Christmas Special
Bob the Builder - Series 1
Disney Sleeping Beauty
Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fireman Sam - To the Rescue
Monsters, Inc
Peppa Pig 1-3 box set (Muddy Puddles, Flying a Kite, New Shoes)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (Sesame Street)
Tinkerbell
Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure

Lego and Duplo

Annabel is exceptionally keen on Duplo. Duplo is the type of Lego suitable for young children aged 2-5 years. It is double the size of normal Lego and has no dangerously small parts.

You can buy Lego from Toys Я Us, Amazon, the Lego online shop, The Entertainer (who have local toy shops) and Toymaster (who also have local toy shops). I particularly recommend Toymaster, they're a federation of independent toy shops staffed by very knowledgable staff. The Arcade Toy Shop, Fountain Arcade, Dudley is my favourite toy shop, fondly remembered and still going strong.

Annabel has already been bought the following Duplo sets:

2198 3 building plates
2304 Large green baseplate
2630 Caravan and car
4826 Princess picnic
4687 Tractor and trailer
4962 Baby zoo
4966 Pink 3-storey dolls' house with car
4972 Farm animals
4974 Stables with horses
4977 Fire engine
4979 Ambulance
5417 Deluxe brick box
5518 Large bucket (Toys Я Us ltd. ed.)
5554 Thomas the Tank Engine load and carry train set
5636 Bus
5638 Postman on bicycle

Annabel also owns Bob The Builder and Wendy minifigures (Duplo people). If you're after a Duplo set you remember from your childhood, you can buy old sets and even specific bricks from bricklink.com .

There are other third-party brands which claim to be compatible with Duplo, such as Mega Bloks "Mini" size.

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