A friend of mine recently had her first Bebeh, so naturally, I had to bring a super cool gift when I visited them. I went scouring several different stores, spent days trying to find something… Okay, that’s a lie. I walked into a baby store down the street, and the first thing I saw, I bought.
Luckily, that first thing I saw was the perfect gift. The Bebeh’s Dad is an astronomer, and right in the front of the store was the Twilight Turtle. It’s (as you can probably tell from the picture), a plush, sleepy turtle that projects the night sky on your ceiling. No more sticky, glow in the dark stars for that kid. Also, it’s named Twilight Turtle, which just sounds like someone should be sonorously declaring, “It is the twilight… OF THE TURTLES.” Well, I thought that was funny. And, as bebeh gifts go, it's not going to break the bank. So that's nice.
[$34, Twilight Turtle]
However, once that Bebeh gets older, I think I’m going to have to grab this totally sweet item from SegaToys: the Homestar Pro. Unfortunately not related to our favorite Runner, the Homestar Pro projects over 10,000 stars accurately on your ceiling, revolves to imitate the movement of the night sky, projects shooting stars at random intervals, and has changeable discs for different portions of the sky. It’s not quite as cute as a sleepy turtle, but it’ll give the Dad and the Bebeh a little more to talk about.
[$259, Brando]
