Alex loves to carry a backpack.  I'm not sure if it's a Dora the Explorer thing, or she just likes feeling like a big girl -- in any event, you can often find her walking around the house with a slightly-too-big backpack on her back.  Oh, and her bicycle helmet. 

You know, because it completes the look.

*sigh*

ANYway, check out these great backpacks from Kidstravelpacks.com:  they feature easy-to-clean interiors (and we all know how important that is), and are available in every colour scheme imaginable for a not-too-unreasonable US$24.95.  It's unclear as to whether this company ships internationally.

And by the way, if you're stumped about what you should fill the backpack with, you can always take a look at the activity packs as well.  Especially since, as a general rule, an entertained kid is a happy parent.

(Via Babygadget.net)