9:08 pm ~ 
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I’ve been thinking about what to get Preston for Christmas this year. Last year I got him a whole tool box full of tools. I’ve heard that Ingersoll Rand air tools are pretty good but I got him more of the basics, and they were all Craftsman. I actually don’t know a thing about tools… it took me forever to pick stuff out and I spent a lot of time on the phone with my Dad trying to comprehend what some of these tools actually do. But they’ve definitely come in handy. He uses them all the time. So, if you need an idea for your hubby or boyfriend for Christmas, you can’t go wrong with tools. But get some really good ones because they will last a whole lot longer.
I wish I could tell you what I’m wanting to get him this year but I can’t because then he would know! I have a couple ideas so far. We both want fairly expensive things for Christmas this year so we have agreed to get each other one gift each. I have a feeling he won’t comply with the little “rule” though. He’s cute, he likes to spoil me and then he wonders why I’m so spoiled! I’m not really spoiled though. I’ve asked for a really nice sewing machine or a Kitchen Aid. The sewing machine is higher on the want list right now. Anyway, we’re all around not going as crazy on the gifts this Christmas. Ashton got a ton of stuff last year that she barely plays with. So we’re going to try to make wise choices about gifts and not get everything that she says she wants like last Christmas. It’s hard to shop for her it seems like. All she wants to do is play the Game Cube or play on the guest computer. (Disclaimer to those who will care: the computer is completely locked down and she can only access the websites that are in the “okay” list on her profile, and porn sites are not included in that list.) When I was a kid I wanted to play outside all the time and play with my Barbies and dolls. Most kids now just want to play video games. Ashton cries like I’m punishing her when I tell her to play outside. It’s sad, a lot of kids are the same way. My girls are not going to be like that. They’re going to play outside, they’re not going to watch a lot of TV, they’re going to pretend and be creative and use their imaginations instead of pressing buttons on some electronic game for hours on end. Parent’s do have control over these kinds of things.
Anyway, I’m going to watch Black Snake Moan with my honey. Hopefully it’ll be a good movie.
By the way, did I tell you Emma has been sleeping through the night every night since we started giving her cereal? It’s wonderful. Now if I would just go to bed earlier I would really get a lot of sleep! 
October 28th, 2007 03:32 am
i’ve been thinking about christmas too. but nothing really good has come to my mind yet =( tools may be a good present for someone who can really use them ;-) but dom is not really gifted when it comes to crafting hehe.
October 28th, 2007 03:56 am
It’s so nice to hear that you plan to get your girls away from video games and make sure they actually “play” properly. More parents should have thought about that before they started giving their kids computers, etc.
You are an AWESOME mum and those girls are very lucky to have you
October 28th, 2007 09:38 am
i have a 7 year old and i let him play a few video games and computer learning games w/out a lot of restriction, but it is definatly not what he prefers to do, he LOVES playing outside, the minute he sees his buddies across the street he is dropping what hes doing and out the front door with his scooter, or in the backyard with 4 other screaming friends playing on his “fort”. (one of those big wood playsets with swings and a clubhouse on top with a slide and a sandbox underneath etc etc) It’s not really how I “trained” him to be (trains maybe a bad word choice lol), I suppose if he was not always asking if he can go outside and play all the time I would definatly shut off the games and computer tho. He is very active, loves to do a lot of things and is really social, and i really have not pushed any of it, his video games and computer are in his room even, completely unrestricted, and he just never sits on them long enuff to make me concerned. Does her mom let her go play with friends at home? maybe that is what she is used to, not ever really getting to go outside or have buddies around, or it could be extreme opposite, her mom NEVER lets her do those kinds of things (games and stuff) so of course at a house where she can she wants to cram a lot of it in before leaving..hah
Anyway..good luck. Your a good mom
October 28th, 2007 05:49 pm
I think that’s a good idea, to get each other one big present this year. What are you going to get for the beautiful twins?
October 28th, 2007 10:32 pm
I love Christmas shopping… and I’m much like Preston. I do not follow the rules when it comes to shopping for my family members… there are just too many great things out there to buy!