Basically because we knew they was little chance of us getting it put together ahead of time without her seeing us or finding it anyway, so we let her join in the construction fun...
She had a cheap-rummage-sale-find kitchen set not too long ago that we decided to sell at our last rummage. We got our money back on it and I told her that money (plus the money she made from any of her other books/toys/games she decided to part with) would go towards a brand new kitchen.
I scoured the net to find something NOT made of plastic and tall enough that it would still last her a few years. I found this KidKraft kitchen at Walmart.com. Isn't it adorable?
Although her $40 or so of rummage sale earnings didn't come close to covering it all, I thought she was worth it. :-)
Kaitlin got to put in the final element herself...the oven rack.
She LOVES her new kitchen and I bet you can now see why she was so excited about that little one-egg fry pan she got from Santa!
