sometimes, when i feel a little evil, i like to buy birthday presents for my best friend's children that i know they would LOATHE. like really messy, sticky, you-have-to-supervise-for-hours types of toys that are the bane of my existence.
something like this:
some moms like play-doh for it's oh-so educational benefits and encourage their children to be creative and productive--i'm definitely not that mom. i hate playdoh and the messes it makes and the carpet it ruins.


or perhaps this giant ant farm which holds up to two THOUSAND ants (!!!)

or this snoopy sno-cone machine with 5 different flavors of sticky, sticky syrup...yummy.
something like this:


my friend dannielle totally does the same thing and finds the same perverse pleasure in it. this is what she gave chandi for her birthday 2 weeks ago:

it's the 'girl crush streak-n-style' with four different colors of fluorescent hair dye that you "apply" (and i use that term lightly when you are talking about a group of ten year-olds) by inserting (yes--i KNOW i just used the word inserting) them in the wand and squishing them out onto the hair. chandi has absolutely ADORED it. i of course, hate it and am secretly mad that dannielle thought of it first.
her daughter ellie's birthday is this summer. i am thinking about this cotton candy machine
her daughter ellie's birthday is this summer. i am thinking about this cotton candy machine


or this snoopy sno-cone machine with 5 different flavors of sticky, sticky syrup...yummy.

7 comments:
It is almost like we are the same person. My sister and I have been doing this for years. I got her really good the year I sent her son a bug collection kit - bugs everywhere. So I say - go for the ant farm! And if you could refrain from using "insert" that would be fab. ;)
I'm with Tib, go with the ant farm!
I have the snoopy icy maker & it rocks.
How could you hate playdoh? I could smell the stuff for hours on end.
You're talking friends... can you imagine the kind of presents I gave an ex sister-in-law's kids on their birthdays. (You know who I am talking about) AWESOME! I think it was that gooey slime thing that you make bugs with or something like that. Plus a 100,000 gallon of bubbles and 3 cases of nasty bubble-gum.
Moon sand, oh yeah you'll be vacuuming tiny particles of "sand" for weeks after playing with this fabulous invention! oh and btw if I ever(or my kids) receive any of these beauties from you just know they will be re-gifted!
Evil is right you girls are mean! Moon sand is a beotch to clean up. I gave me nephew some and just the other day my sister was cursing me for it.:)
Oww but I would like the Snoopy snow cone maker. We had one of those sweet things when I was little. Love it!
ummm Bailey's comment was actually mine, but I'm not blogger savvy enough to have figured that out until it was posted. It's me.
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