Get them a gift card to itunes or some fave store.

ZombieKitten said:

I keep asking them, and no ideas, little bastards

do your children have any interest, hobbies? i'd start there . . .

ZombieKitten said:

FauxReal said:

Get them Wii games. Mario Kart's cool if they don't have it.

we have tons of games already, in a box in the wardrobe waiting for them to do chores to "unlock" as we call it

they are currently playing Mario Galaxy 2

I like super mario galaxy 2!!! waiting for the wand thing to charge even as we speak...

My kid does know what he wants. The list includes a Tuba.

A TUBA!

yeah, and he is five...........

How old are they Zombie?

FauxReal said:

ZombieKitten said:

see what I mean?

when you have 3 boys, after a few years, you seem to already have EVERYTHING

Do they have a puppy yet?

Lisa10 said:

My 2 don't know what they want either. Cody saw an advert for a kids ice-cream maker and asked for that, but I know she'll get bored of that after one go (like she did with the chocolate egg maker). All Ben (age 4) wants is chocolate When I get time i'll take them to a toy shop so they can get inspired.

I'm getting my nephew a slushie maker, which is good for summer I suppose, but it takes up so much space!

mynameisnotsusan said:

How about Australian Open tennis tickets and a couple of good racquets and balls and some tennis lessons? Then again, they probably have no interest whatsoever in tennis.

we always get free tickets to the open each year, and every year they scream and don't want to go!!

kimrachell said:

my son wants a wii, and he really does deserve one, because he's never had any sort of video game in his life so far.

my kids had a yard sale last summer and saved up for one

TD3 said:

ZombieKitten said:

I keep asking them, and no ideas, little bastards

do your children have any interest, hobbies? i'd start there . . .

LEGO, the only thing they like

my house looks like this already:

and I've said NO MORE

EmeraldSkies said:

How old are they Zombie?

6 and 10.5

ZombieKitten said:

EmeraldSkies said:

How old are they Zombie?

6 and 10.5

One of my nephews is a year older than your oldest,and he is really into those Guiness Book of World Records books,he like to look at all the weird stuff in them.

I'm trying to think of what my nephews loved when they were 6. What about Playdoh?

EmeraldSkies said:

ZombieKitten said:

6 and 10.5

One of my nephews is a year older than your oldest,and he is really into those Guiness Book of World Records books,he like to look at all the weird stuff in them.

I'm trying to think of what my nephews loved when they were 6. What about Playdoh?

what a coincidence!!! My kid has just now, after looking through a catalogue, expressed some interest in that

I think he will be getting that and an IOU for this:

that comes out in Feb.

The master says the little guy is interested in taking pictures, I wonder if there is a digital kids camera for about $50?

ZombieKitten said:

EmeraldSkies said:

One of my nephews is a year older than your oldest,and he is really into those Guiness Book of World Records books,he like to look at all the weird stuff in them.

I'm trying to think of what my nephews loved when they were 6. What about Playdoh?

what a coincidence!!! My kid has just now, after looking through a catalogue, expressed some interest in that

I think he will be getting that and an IOU for this:

that comes out in Feb.

The master says the little guy is interested in taking pictures, I wonder if there is a digital kids camera for about $50?

Cool!!

and about the camera..yes they do!

http://www.toysrus.com/pr...Id=4403318

EmeraldSkies said:

ZombieKitten said:

what a coincidence!!! My kid has just now, after looking through a catalogue, expressed some interest in that

I think he will be getting that and an IOU for this:

that comes out in Feb.

The master says the little guy is interested in taking pictures, I wonder if there is a digital kids camera for about $50?

Cool!!

and about the camera..yes they do!

http://www.toysrus.com/pr...Id=4403318

hey that camera looks perfect - will check if they have it here in Australia

ZombieKitten said:

EmeraldSkies said:

Cool!!

and about the camera..yes they do!

http://www.toysrus.com/pr...Id=4403318

hey that camera looks perfect - will check if they have it here in Australia

or there is a Discovery Kids one..

http://cgi.ebay.com/DISCO...27b6b063c0

EmeraldSkies said:

ZombieKitten said:

hey that camera looks perfect - will check if they have it here in Australia

or there is a Discovery Kids one..

http://cgi.ebay.com/DISCO...27b6b063c0

I can't find either of those here

ZombieKitten said:

EmeraldSkies said:

or there is a Discovery Kids one..

http://cgi.ebay.com/DISCO...27b6b063c0

I can't find either of those here

Well the Ebay seller from the link ships internationally.

EmeraldSkies said:

ZombieKitten said:

I can't find either of those here

Well the Ebay seller from the link ships internationally.

which doubles the price

physco185 said:

bluesbaby said:

In some way, Charlotte, I like what that says about your boys. I bet most kids are so self-centered about Christmas that they know 9 months in advance what they want -- color, size, viable substitutes, order of importance, etc.

...Not that I can altogether blame them.

Lammastide said:

In some way, Charlotte, I like what that says about your boys. I bet most kids are so self-centered about Christmas that they know 9 months in advance what they want -- color, size, viable substitutes, order of importance, etc.

...Not that I can altogether blame them.

Thanks! I don't blame them either, they realise that all that stuff advertised to them on Saturday morning cartoons is mainly junk that will fall apart or not hold their interest.

The way we do Christmas at our place is that with each of our (mine and the masters) families we do kriskringle, so that each person gets a maximum of 2 presents, and each person also has to GIVE 2 presents each. There has been much more of a concentrated effort thinking of gifts for each other than the ones we are to receive ourselves. Oscar and Max only wanted one thing in particular, so they are having a LOT of trouble thinking up anything else!

nevermind all this talk of gifts, how daft is it to have Christmas in the middle of summer?

whistle said:

nevermind all this talk of gifts, how daft is it to have Christmas in the middle of summer?

it IS

it makes our summer go too fast. It seems like our winter is endless, not being punctuated by any special occasions.

whistle said:

nevermind all this talk of gifts, how daft is it to have Christmas in the middle of summer?

It's awesome. Xmas and New Years at the beach!

It does mean there is a whole lot of nothing from May to October though

mynameisnotsusan said:

whistle said:

nevermind all this talk of gifts, how daft is it to have Christmas in the middle of summer?

It's awesome. Xmas and New Years at the beach!

It does mean there is a whole lot of nothing from May to October though

neverending months of grey boring nothingness

ZombieKitten said:

EmeraldSkies said:

Well the Ebay seller from the link ships internationally.

which doubles the price

well that sucks! It should'nt weigh to much that it could'nt be sent First Class. I saw the same one in the store today. I should have took my scale.

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So don't get them anything. What's the problem?

Cerebus said:

So don't get them anything. What's the problem?

I don't have to get them anything, but my mother in law and sister have drawn these 2 kids out of a hat for kriskringle.