I am buying new games for us this year... Carcassonne, Zeus on the Loose, Clumsy Thief, Forbidden Island, No Stress Chess, and Castle Panic. Aside from chess those are sneaky math practice card games to help with school and the board games are cooperative, which I think we need more of as Ben (9) and Grace (almost 7) are very competitive and it's getting annoying playing with them!
Grace is getting some clothes (she wants them, which isn't at all like me when I was her age), a few barbie-type dolls, a stuffed animal, a few books, and art supplies like a new colored pencil set. My big gift for her will be a dollhouse. She is dying for one to play her Calico critters in.
Ben is harder to shop for. I plan on getting the next 3 Harry Potter books for him and other books on his wishlist, his own pair of flippers and new swim shorts, a carving set, some sort of fake gun like a nerf or sword, and I don't know... something else. I have to think of 1 more big thing.
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