I went out the ToysrUs to day to try to return some stuff the kids got for Christams from well meaning relatives who think that bigger is always better. Toysrus wouldn't take the stuff without a receipt, not even for store credit.
Pissed off, I threw it back in the car and steamed and fumed. What was I going to do with it? Send it to the good will? Or try to stuff more plastic crap into my tiny house that is already filled with toys from well meaning relatives who don't seem to consider that our kids never want to get rid of anything and that more than one kid could use a toy. What's wrong with toy handme downs anyway? I guess they'd just rather clog up my house and evenutally the landfills with new plastic stuff.
Under the guise of being educational, some of it was purchased. Well, flash cards & board games are educational too and they don't take up much space, don't use a battery, they actually involve parents with kids, and they can be recycled eventually or given to someone else.
What am I supposed to do? How can I say my kids can't accept that gift? Do I have the nerve to tell them beforehand that we don't need toys?
What about the fact that what Santa gets them probably looks small and insignificant in comparison to a huge colorful plastic thing? (But I guess Santa's gift is what they wanted and Santa has been down my chimney - he knows the size of my house!)
Is the only thing I can do wait until they are teenagers and then they get smaller plastic--gift cards?
Sunday, December 30, 2007
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