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House Full o' Toys
Jan. 4th, 2007 08:36 pmI have a house full of crap.
To be fair, most of it is great crap.
Toys, mostly. We have a lot of toys. More than I know what to do with. Seriously. We are getting new shelves in hopes that we will find places to put all the toys (and books). We are putting some toys in storage and hoping to rotate them on a month-to-month basis.
And yet Gwen's birthday is coming up.
My instinct is to ask people not to give her gifts. Make a donation in her name and give her a lovely card or some crap.
But realistically I know she's really looking forward to unwrapping things.
But how does one tactfully tell people not to give large presents? I think all we can handle are perhaps a few more pieces of dress-up clothes (but NO SHOES) and maybe some doll clothing.
Do I print out a card explaining my plight and include it in the invitation?
Do I just suck it up and figure I'll have to rotate MORE toys?
I can't wait until it is time to give half of them away. They are great, GREAT fabulous toys and both of my girls will love them -- but there are probably inner city blocks with fewer total toys than are crammed into my small living quarters.
*Sigh*
To be fair, most of it is great crap.
Toys, mostly. We have a lot of toys. More than I know what to do with. Seriously. We are getting new shelves in hopes that we will find places to put all the toys (and books). We are putting some toys in storage and hoping to rotate them on a month-to-month basis.
And yet Gwen's birthday is coming up.
My instinct is to ask people not to give her gifts. Make a donation in her name and give her a lovely card or some crap.
But realistically I know she's really looking forward to unwrapping things.
But how does one tactfully tell people not to give large presents? I think all we can handle are perhaps a few more pieces of dress-up clothes (but NO SHOES) and maybe some doll clothing.
Do I print out a card explaining my plight and include it in the invitation?
Do I just suck it up and figure I'll have to rotate MORE toys?
I can't wait until it is time to give half of them away. They are great, GREAT fabulous toys and both of my girls will love them -- but there are probably inner city blocks with fewer total toys than are crammed into my small living quarters.
*Sigh*
