joe randel's art dump

Okay, I’m back now.

Did I miss anything?

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So I’m going to jump on my soap box here and rant about the amount of stuff people give my kids.

STOP GIVING MY KIDS STUFF!!!

If you have kids you’ll probably know what I’m talking about.  You go and visit your friends and family during a holiday and usually everyone has a gift of some sort for your kid(s).  This is not necessary. Stop it.  I’m serious.

I came home on Sunday with a van full of toys and chocolate for my kids.  My kids ages are 1 and 4.  They don’t need a gift every time they see a relative, and yet every time we go down we come home with more crap.  My 1 year old (or 4 year old for that matter) doesn’t need a whole chocolate bunny, cream eggs, and a huge chocolate pig on top of the toys they usually get.  It makes me so mad that I’ve begun to hate the holidays.  My wife feels the same way and we’ve even been asking family to stop buying stuff for our kids.  Has it worked?

No dice.

So we’ve started to donate the toys they get.  We’ll usually keep one and then donate the rest (they can never remember all of them anyway).  It’s the only way we can keep on top of it all.  As for the candy, I take a huge selection of it to work and share with my co-workers.

So here’s a tip for everyone out there.  If you’re going to buy a gift for a child that isn’t yours.  Use your brain and call the parents and see if the child NEEDS anything or if you have an idea for a gift run it by them first.  That way you’ll be sure that your gift will be appreciated when received.

Other then that my weekend was okay.  I didn’t die but I did get very sore from playing too much Wii boxing one night.  I ate tons of greek food and took photo’s for my step mothers CD covers.

How was your weekend?