No, not another pregnancy symptom or not Micah not wanting to go to school but instead I am talking about Addie and the "I want THAT for Christmas" drama. So far this morning she has informed me she wants, "Leapfrog Tag Reader, Little Einsteins Rocket, Fisher Price Smart Cycle, Little Mommy Potty Doll, Littlest Pet Shop, My little ponies, Swim to Me Puppy, Dora Snow Princess Movie, Baby Princess Dolls (they crawl and such) etc...
has told me that Micah should get "Transformers, Digital Camera, an art desk, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Gator Golf, etc...
and that we need to buy the baby "Fisher Price Zebra, some Block toy, Leap Frog Drum and Table, etc...
I swear we did not raise her this way. We have tried to teach her the meaning of Christmas and not focus on gifts but darn those tv commercials... they definitely know how to target children- esp. mine. I think that I need to get direct tv canceled until January... think Tim will buy that one? Then again, there are always those Sunday sale papers... she is quickly learning to thieve them away from us so she can ponder her newest "Have to haves" for the week. Come quickly January, come quickly!
has told me that Micah should get "Transformers, Digital Camera, an art desk, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Gator Golf, etc...
and that we need to buy the baby "Fisher Price Zebra, some Block toy, Leap Frog Drum and Table, etc...
I swear we did not raise her this way. We have tried to teach her the meaning of Christmas and not focus on gifts but darn those tv commercials... they definitely know how to target children- esp. mine. I think that I need to get direct tv canceled until January... think Tim will buy that one? Then again, there are always those Sunday sale papers... she is quickly learning to thieve them away from us so she can ponder her newest "Have to haves" for the week. Come quickly January, come quickly!
5:57 PM
When my twins were born (16 years ago) we decided to initiate the 3 gifts at Christmas. They each get 3 gifts under the tree at Christmas, baby Jesus got 3 gifts - why not teach the importance of the holiday and not all about the gifts. We have loved how this has worked out! The gimmee gimmee were narrowed very quickly to the what do I really really want. Sometimes it was really hard to comply with our rule but in the end, there are 3 gifts under the tree for each of them. They of course get stocking stuffers too, of course these are not counted in the 3 gifts.