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Well, if you are like me and have kids, it is getting to that time where we should be starting to think about Christmas.  There are less than ninety days left till those of us who celebrate this holiday open presents, so it is time to start thinking about it. 

If you are like me, I tend to procrastinate every year and find myself scrambling at the last minute to buy gifts for everyone.  The one advantage of this is that I shop well under pressure - the catch:  sometimes things are sold out at that point.  So, changing a new leaf as I am older and more mature (hey, I just turned 29 a few short days ago), I thought my wife and I should look at it early.

What we were looking at was finding some good Christmas gift ideas for our children that were not toys.  You see, my children get way too many toys from my parents (who are trying to make up for the fact they are terrible grandparents by buying toys for my kids), so we thought we should get them something more useful.

On the useful side of things, we have decided that we are going to get them some sheet and comforter sets for their new beds.  We will probably get Cars for my son and some sort of girly thing for my daughter (didn’t really finalize this one - though we may get Curious George as she loves that show).  That being said, I don’t want to be the kind of parent that never gives my children anything fun for Christmas, which leads me to the fun stuff…

I’m thinking a toboggan.  William will be five when Christmas hits, so he would be old enough for a toboggan.  By that point we should have a lot of snow on the ground too, so it should be fun.   We will probably get one that is long enough so that me and the two kids can all fit on it.

We will continue to discuss our options as we get closer to the big day.  Besides, our son changes his mind on what he likes every few days .  Why not buy them presents now?  Well, no rush… (famous last words)