Yeah!! My parents are finally home from Alabama! Now my life can start getting a little back to normal. It’s not as if I see them a lot, but at least when they are home I have something to look forward to every week and that’s going over to their house for Sunday dinner. That’s one day I know I can get out, let my hair down a little and enjoy adult conversation! Of course having my mom cook dinner is a major bonus.
This Sunday not only do we get to have Sunday dinner again, but we also will be celebrating my nephews 6th birthday! He ended up turning 6 on Feb 24th, but we tend to celebrate it a little later as a family once my parents get home from Alabama. I always used to buy the kids (nephews and nieces) presents for their birthdays. but it seems like the older they get the harder it gets. I don’t like just buying any ol’ thing, I want it to be something that has their name all over it and no, I don’t mean personalized gifts like a mug with their name on it, I mean like model of their favorite kind of airplane, or for my niece something to do with horses as she loves horses.
Since I’m having such a hard time finding them things, plus I know they already have a lot of that kind of stuff as that’s what my Parents tend to get them too I’ve decided the easiest thing for me and I’m sure they don’t mind is if I just give them a card with cash. That way they can either save it and put it towards a bigger gift for themselves, or maybe save it and put it towards a car some day or college. I’ll never forget when my Aunts & Uncles used to send us money, I loved putting it in the bank and seeing my bank account grow. I some how feel (and hope) my nieces and nephews think the same way.
