Uncommon gift requests:

Turning 3: a skeleton (pronounced "ska-a-ten") -- after seeing the 'visible woman' model at the store -- and glow in the dark paint for the organs

Turning 5: an orrery (received a basic model but was disappointed that it couldn't be calibrated for exact orbits)

Turning 8: a literally thousand dollar wishlist from Think Geek (she got a power symbol shirt, a set of petri dishes, and a microscope)

Turning 10: her own camera and a week of TAG camp

(of course additional requests included art supplies, a bicycle, clothes, an mp3 player, and other more typical things)