Nana, being the gift expert she is, got Gabe & Flynn (among many other gifts), a giftcard each for Barnes & Noble.
I've forgotten how much fun it is to both shop & actually know you're going to be buying something and browse a bookstore.
Barnes & Noble has an excellent children's section and even has a Thomas the Train wing with a train table (doesn't matter to my kids that they have one at home they can play with) & every book & accessory to go along with Thomas.
Also, now you don't just buy your favorite book, you buy plush to go along with it, and a CD of songs that go with it, and a keychain (or something weird like that).
Books, books everywhere. And I'm just as nuts about them as they are.
Sandra Boynton is in our top 3 right now and that's what Flynn spent her giftcard on (lucky for us, today Boynton's books were buy 2 get 1 free!)
Bubby chose a chunky board book complete with swinging jungle animals in a bus. He also chose (with much influence from Daddy), Dr.Suess' Put Me In The Zoo, one of Daddy's favs, perhaps his altime favorite. Mostly, he just wanted to run down the aisles & screech a high-pitched, girly scream (we're hoping that tone lowers within the next 14 years).
See how great giftcards are?...you not only buy someone someTHING, but also the experience of going & getting it. I'm not always a fan of shopping, but this time was an exception!
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