i am just the opposite of my mother. once we were in school and 6 years old, we would get only one present for christmas. and that one present stopped when we turned 16.........i don't think she liked us very much....
when my boys were little i did what ocm did. i would buy two things for todd to give his brothers from him, the same for david and brian and jason.
turned out to be too much. i tried to keep it at junk toys that would get broken , lost, destroyed within a week...............then no tears when the toy was gone.
i had to buy the kids items in a color scheme, red, blue, green............
the only way to keep sane in trying to figure out what item went to which kid.
drawing names is good...........
the only exchanging here if for the boys to each other. its good they like each other. they are close also. i always wanted at least three kids so if and when the time came that their dad and i weren't around anymore, they would have each other for family. we don't have contact with much of either family.
deena, so glad your headache is gone. you just can't think straight when the head pounds. hopefully, it won't come back.
mic: i bet you are excited about the kids being with you!! you will be in your glory having them all to yourself for this visit. and now you get the babies to yourself. i don't think we will be hearing from you on dec 23 when they arrive from out of town.
i have to leave around 10 and go to the mall. the stores are staying open til midnight and one son just mentioned something he wants.
