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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 371342" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Makes grandparents have a bad name!</p><p></p><p>There is always going to be some form of special bond that each child has in the family. We are all still trying to find what that space is with Hailie besides her Uncle's evil twin...lol. Keyana is Papa's angel, Grandma's Princess and her Uncle Billy's Monkeybutt. Mikey is the only boy and is everyones little man. I have no doubt he will grow up to prefer Chaucer to football just to annoy the menfolk. LOL. I presume I would be run out of town on rails if I suggested toddler dance classes for him and hailie...lmao. </p><p></p><p>You can treat kids somewhat different but you have to balance the love. Every kid doesnt have to get a ball in 3 different colors just to be fair. My dad tried doing that trick a time or two and it works well for easter baskets but for other things, I think basic dollar amounts or even....maybe time spent with a favored person could be the better gift.</p><p></p><p>I thought I had come up with this really mature and cool and adult entrance into my teen boys birthdays. As each of them hit the milestone of their 13th birthday....I took them to Red Lobster and allowed the to order a real live Lobster and eat the whole thing themselves. Also get one of those fruity drinks and back then they had the red lobster on the necklace and they would come sing to them with birthday cake. </p><p></p><p>Billy loved it, Cory loved it. Jamie cried. Oh he liked the meal ok but he was ticked of because while he was at home eating this delectable meal, Tony took Cory fishing and to this day Jamie will always say that was his worst birthday ever....lol. I simply couldnt win! I could have sent a twinkie in a lunch box with a frozen bottle of water and it would have saved me 75 bucks and he would been thrilled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 371342, member: 1514"] Makes grandparents have a bad name! There is always going to be some form of special bond that each child has in the family. We are all still trying to find what that space is with Hailie besides her Uncle's evil twin...lol. Keyana is Papa's angel, Grandma's Princess and her Uncle Billy's Monkeybutt. Mikey is the only boy and is everyones little man. I have no doubt he will grow up to prefer Chaucer to football just to annoy the menfolk. LOL. I presume I would be run out of town on rails if I suggested toddler dance classes for him and hailie...lmao. You can treat kids somewhat different but you have to balance the love. Every kid doesnt have to get a ball in 3 different colors just to be fair. My dad tried doing that trick a time or two and it works well for easter baskets but for other things, I think basic dollar amounts or even....maybe time spent with a favored person could be the better gift. I thought I had come up with this really mature and cool and adult entrance into my teen boys birthdays. As each of them hit the milestone of their 13th birthday....I took them to Red Lobster and allowed the to order a real live Lobster and eat the whole thing themselves. Also get one of those fruity drinks and back then they had the red lobster on the necklace and they would come sing to them with birthday cake. Billy loved it, Cory loved it. Jamie cried. Oh he liked the meal ok but he was ticked of because while he was at home eating this delectable meal, Tony took Cory fishing and to this day Jamie will always say that was his worst birthday ever....lol. I simply couldnt win! I could have sent a twinkie in a lunch box with a frozen bottle of water and it would have saved me 75 bucks and he would been thrilled. [/QUOTE]
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