Saving Grandma the trouble
My mom's 79 and my dad's 83 and they're coming down this week for the holidays. And it's become harder and harder to buy presents for the kids.
So, we're doing this game this year: We take Aaron to Toys 'R Us, have him pick out the stuff he wants.
Then we'll wrap it. He'll open it on Christmas. Act surprised. Mom writes a check, reimbursing me.
I'd just go out and buy him the stuff on my own, but I really don't know what the heck he wants. He's not a toy or game kind of kid. He likes Nintendo games -- but isn't really a glutton. During the year, if we want to buy something, we just buy it.
He doesn't get sucked into the latest fad, and he's generally happy with what he has. Which makes him very, very difficult to buy for, at age 11.
He has become, um ... me?
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