Christmas Shopping

[billroper]

I saw an ad in the paper today from American Science and Surplus talking about their telescope sale. Now Katie has been wanting a telescope, but what I actually needed was a really cheap destroyable telescope. And along with all of the good scopes, they had one that fit the bill perfectly.

Elsewhere in the store, they had a Curious George kaleidoscope.

daisy_knotwise has informed me that it is time to stop buying Katie Christmas presents now. Of course, she still wants a yo-yo. :)

Comments

[katyhh.livejournal.com]

I do not know how many presents you bought so far - and a yo-yo isn't a huge big thing, so it likely could go on top ;-) - but imo, too many presents might lessen the feeling that presents are something special, and when she's older and learns to count, it might become too important, how *many* there are. But it is important to also be able to be happy about small things and few things.
*hands you lots of grains of salt with this*

[oreouk.livejournal.com]

Mwa ha ha ha haa - yeah, it's really easy to get carried away buying presents for the kids, eh? Exacerbated by any tendency you might have to buy presents gradually through the year as/when you see cool things or good deals - I usually wrap stuff on Christmas Eve and then end up looking at the pile and thinking "oops - kind of overdid it there...."

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

The Yomega brain is fun and pretty cheap. It has a clutch in it so that anyone can start doing sleeper tricks easily. Wing models are a little easier to run too. They're about $15. My yoyo is a straight transaxle, but my son has a power brain XP, and it's fun to play with and super easy to sleep.

[bosswriter.livejournal.com]

I love AS&S, they have the most unusual stuff. You need to set aside time though because to really appreciate that place you have to up and down EVERY aisle.

[kizoku42.livejournal.com]

So, you're telling her the kaleidoscope is a telescope, right? ^_^