My kids love going to the store with me - any store, it doesn't matter to them.  They like to "shop."   Most of all they love to "pay" for things - to them, "paying" means placing the items to buy on the conveyor belt.  They also love when we give them money for their piggy bank - they get very excited even if it's just a penny or two!  Did I mention they are 3- and 4- years old?

Well, that being said, one thing I'm considering asking Santa Claus for this year - for them, of course! - is a toy cash register.  As always, I began my search at Amazon.com and this is what I found: 

This multi-award winning toy register features lights, sounds, and voice messages. It has a coin reader that can identify real coins as well as toy coins that come with it. It even has a working scale and a scanner that makes realistic noise. It also has an automatic shut-off to help save battery life - great idea!  This toy cash register helps teach basic math and money skills, and has a drawer that contains life-sized currency.

This talking cash register is truly as close to real life as a toy can get - it actually can read real barcodes! It features a voice amplified microphone, talking functions, and a working scanner. This toy set includes 40 play bills, 40 coins, 1 credit card, and 1 barcode sticker set.

The Pretend and Play Supermarket Set has everything kids need to open a pretend store! The 93-piece set includes a durable cotton apron with nametag, a shopping basket, groceries, assorted dry-erase sale signs, coupons, assorted plastic coins, paper play money, a pretend credit card, and shopping lists.  The perfect companion to any cash register set.

This pretty in pink toy cash register has a large LCD screen that shows "sales" totals, a voice amplified microphone, a scanner that scans real barcodes, and a cash drawer that makes a ch-ching sound when opened.  It also includes lots of play money.

Kids will love playing shopkeeper with this register setup. It not only has a beeping, flashing scanner, but it also has a working conveyor belt. It also has a working produce scale, a swivel display, nine plastic foods, a plastic credit card, and shopping basket. The credit card slot actually beeps when the card is swiped!

Got a Mickey Mouse fan? This realistic register has a scanner with sound effects, play money and ATM card, play groceries, and a cash drawer with key. It also contains a real working calculator.

If you're considering this one, why not pair it up with this matching Disney Mickey Mouse Shopping Cart? It's 20" high and includes 4 pretend cartons of milk and juice and 5 pretend cans of fruits and vegetables.

This one will surely not disappoint the Barbie lover in your house.  You can shop for over 150 items!  Set includes double-sided store cards, a real scanner that reads discount cards, credit cards and shopping cards, and play money t hat can be kept in a locking drawer.  There's also a real working microphone for making announcements and a grocery scanner with scale.

Play the old-fashioned way with this classic cash register.  It has a solar-powered calculator, a scanner, and it makes a "ka-ching" sound when the money drawer opens.  also has pop-up characters and play money.