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Not all that big of a deal to me. I think that if they learn the "girly" toys are for girls things on their own it is a little better for them then if they are pigeon holed into it before they understand it.
I would probably gently advise them not to take thier polly pocket (not that they have one, just an example) to kindergarden with them, and will probably try to help keep them from being ridiculed by preparing them with knowing that other boys would probably tease them about it. My son is 5 and he liked playing with littlest pet shop, mostly because it wasn't lik anyhing he had already. We had kitchen type stuff for a long time so he has lost interest in that kind of stuff long ago. We gave him littlest pet shop stuff and he played a lot with it at first, but he played with it like a boy...treated them like pets and made them fall from imginary cliffs, rescued by a power ranger, etc.
He understands the idea of girl toys, but still sees some stuff that he says he thing looks cool, but also follows up with "but I know that is a girl toy".
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