Sheila
I would get the two youngest (4 yr olds) the Biscuit my lovin' pup, that awesome robotic dog. I would get the older two their dream guitar.
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Boy oh boy I can think of tons of things. lol
1. My 7yr old son for years has been begging for a "car he can really drive" like they see at Toys R Us. But those things are over $300. As a family with 3 kids . . . well let's just say Santa would only bring him that. The livingroom would look bare on Christmas morning with just that car. lol
2. My 9yr old is begging for an American Girl doll like her friends have. Those dolls cost so much. Again with 3 kids we only can afford so much per child and one American Girl doll would eat up a lot! I don't see how parents afford those dolls. I know some families whose girls have more than one!
3. My 12yr old doesn't ask for much. (Is she really my child? lol) But she'd love all the Harry Potter books and movies. She's has said she'd love all the movies on DVD. She also wants an American Girl doll.
I personally would love a Wii. lol I'm into video games! So I'd share that with the kids too. ; )
Boy oh boy I can think of tons of things. lol
1. My 7yr old son for years has been begging for a "car he can really drive" like they see at Toys R Us. But those things are over $300. As a family with 3 kids . . . well let's just say Santa would only bring him that. The livingroom would look bare on Christmas morning with just that car. lol
2. My 9yr old is begging for an American Girl doll like her friends have. Those dolls cost so much. Again with 3 kids we only can afford so much per child and one American Girl doll would eat up a lot! I don't see how parents afford those dolls. I know some families whose girls have more than one!
3. My 12yr old doesn't ask for much. (Is she really my child? lol) But she'd love all the Harry Potter books and movies. She's has said she'd love all the movies on DVD. She also wants an American Girl doll.
I personally would love a Wii. lol I'm into video games! So I'd share that with the kids too. ; )
At Christmas time when you were a little kid?
Beefcake
What was your biggest dissapointment in getting presents. Mine was getting clothes....no eight year old is looking forward to more clothes. I wanted toys. There were no electronic gizmos in my day, back in the 60's.
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What turned out to have been my favorite present (of 14 years of celebrating), was taken away from me against my will, & replaced... I'd wanted a dog -- all us 4 kids wanted a dog. I was given a very cute, small, toy, terrier-type, real-looking dog, which barked at loud noises. It was 'love at first sight'! I even took it across the alley to show it to the elderly couple who lived there. Then, I put it in my room, & we went somewhere --I don't recall if it was to dinner, or what-- but, I went to my 'dog' first thing when we returned... It wouldn't bark. It never barked again. I didn't know if the batteries had been old, or I had left it on, or if it was broken, and I didn't care which! I loved my dog! But, Mom had the idea that it should be returned, & no amount of crying or pleading could change her mind. It went back into a bag & out the door with her... She returned with a much larger, homely, very slow-moving , robotic-walking, hound-looking dog. I was extremely broken-hearted! I didn't want to hurt Mom's feelings, so I walked it 1 or 2 times a year. Every time I walked past that 'hound', I mourned for my little fuzzy 'barkless' dog... ); What made it even worse was that it left me feeling that Mom didn't really care how I felt. );
Children's feelings do matter!
Don't ever think that they don't!
What turned out to have been my favorite present (of 14 years of celebrating), was taken away from me against my will, & replaced... I'd wanted a dog -- all us 4 kids wanted a dog. I was given a very cute, small, toy, terrier-type, real-looking dog, which barked at loud noises. It was 'love at first sight'! I even took it across the alley to show it to the elderly couple who lived there. Then, I put it in my room, & we went somewhere --I don't recall if it was to dinner, or what-- but, I went to my 'dog' first thing when we returned... It wouldn't bark. It never barked again. I didn't know if the batteries had been old, or I had left it on, or if it was broken, and I didn't care which! I loved my dog! But, Mom had the idea that it should be returned, & no amount of crying or pleading could change her mind. It went back into a bag & out the door with her... She returned with a much larger, homely, very slow-moving , robotic-walking, hound-looking dog. I was extremely broken-hearted! I didn't want to hurt Mom's feelings, so I walked it 1 or 2 times a year. Every time I walked past that 'hound', I mourned for my little fuzzy 'barkless' dog... ); What made it even worse was that it left me feeling that Mom didn't really care how I felt. );
Children's feelings do matter!
Don't ever think that they don't!
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