The 9 year old is getting lots of Skylanders Swap Force (he has the game already) characters, and a replacement for his failing Nintendo 3DS device. Oh, and a “gaming” chair. This morning, however, his requested Pokemon cards and a bowtie were his topped wished for items.
The 12 year old (girl) wanted signed books by her current favorite author (John Green) and she already got those (early) from her grandparents. Her other “big” present is a pair of Toms shoes.
The 16 year old (also girl) picked out skirts from ModCloth and German DVDs – her “big” present is a German game called “Kubb”. (Looks like a bunch of heavy wooden sticks to me!) I’m also giving her some expansion pack cards to supplement the “Cards Against Humanity” game we gave her last Christmas. (I’m big on giving things to PLAY with at Christmas..clearly.)
Our 10 yr. old surrogate son wanted Xbox games – but wanted to download them to disk, so we got him an Xbox gift card and some non-fiction books that he wanted. (Smart kid!)
My nieces and nephews are close in age with our kids, too.
The freshman in high school is saving money for a letter jacket (she is very athletic and already has some varsity letters to put on it!) – so I’ve come up with a creative idea to give her cash. I found a book I think she’ll like and I’m going to put crisp $1 and $5 bills interspersed in the pages. (That way I can wrap the book…and surprise her with the money to help towards her jacket.)
The nephews (ages 10 and 13) wanted a model wooden trebuchet that you build yourself, paracord for making more bracelets, and a nerf gun.