Have you seen this yet?

jonnygurl76

I just almost choked on my animal crackers from laughing so hard....I am in tears!

 

https://www.chicagonow.com/baby-sideburns/2012/11/what-not-to-fing-buy-my-kids-this-holiday/

missyishere

jonnygurl76:

I just almost choked on my animal crackers from laughing so hard....I am in tears!

 

https://www.chicagonow.com/baby-sideburns/2012/11/what-not-to-fing-buy-my-kids-this-holiday/

and my husband thinks I'm a weirdo for laughing so hard out loud.  Isn't that why we type lol?!

nittanyllama

So funny!!!

I would add "nothing big" since we are trying to sell our house. MIL keeps buying big things (bean bag chair, play kitchen, basketball net, etc.) that we have nowhere to put when we are trying to keep our house show ready!

anasazi17

I just died.  Seriously, I had to stop and take a breath. Thanks for sharing!! 

Nita2603

So true. I choke and laugh, but inside I cry because I know I will end up with talking dogs, drums and creepy toys which glow and randomly yell. And stocking stuffers. God, how I hate those!!!

pennysuedog

I love cleaning my kids' rooms when they are not home.  I can get a trash bag full from each room.  They are like mini hoarders.  On top of all the crap toys Audrey must have started an acorn collection. 

If the kids are actually looking for something I threw out I say "Oh, I think the dog chewed it up." 

My tip is to get the kids interested in an expensive small toy they can collect such as Legos, Calico Critters or Wooden Thomas the trains.  That way family always knows what to get and you can contain the craziness.

Sammy-Mae

That was hilarious.  I am setting up a playroom downstairs and I am looking at all the crap we already have and think

a) Where the Fruck am I going to put all the new stuff and

b) For the love of mike please don't buy them anything huge...please...

DoctorWorm222

crystalbaby:

That was great. This is my favorite one because that damn LeapFrog Dog annoys the sh?t out of me when I go to turn it off:

Any toy without an off button. And you know what, I?m going a step further and saying any toy with an off button that doesn?t turn off IMMEDIATELY when you push it. You know the crap I?m talking about. You push the off button and it keeps on yapping, ?Woof, woof! Thanks for playing! I?ll see you again later!? I pushed off. If I wanted you to keep talking I would have pushed the dissertation button. It?s like when you?re on the phone and you tell someone you have to go and they say okay but then proceed to ask you a thousand questions.

We HAD a slightly obnoxious singing, squirting frog bath toy that E absolutely loved - until the little f-er mysteriously turned itself on at 1am. The on/off switch malfunctioned, so it wouldn't shut off. DH had to unscrew the battery compartment to shut it up. It was in the trash the next morning. It was a gift from my SIL. 

Scramblersmom

I am LMAO and DH is too. Thanks for sharing!

emunbalanced

OMG. I laughed so hard that my pneumonia cough came back! The live animal one killed me. And the stock stuffers. Sweetbabyjesusinamanger. My MIL is the queen of cheap, plastic crap in our stockings that ends up getting tossed. Oh, and DH didn't even smirk as I read it to him! Men. Ugh.

Elsa1984

SO and I laughed pretty hard!

amyc216

Ha!  That was great!

pistolannie

That was awesome! I'm sending a copy of that to my mom. She will enjoy reading it and laughing about it then I'm telling her "No, this is for realz, YaYa. Don't buy that shizz!"

BeesMomma00

This is the part that made me LOL

My kid has no sense of negative self-image yet. If she did, she wouldn?t be doing naked downward dog every night while I?m trying to get her into a pull-up.

wilsontl19191

Cate1234:

I think this list was specific designed for my MIL.  I can absolutely see her getting the skeleton from owl puke kit and thinking it's a great gift.  

Hahahaha!  This sounds like some potential gifts my MIL as well.

wilsontl19191

DoctorWorm222:

crystalbaby:

That was great. This is my favorite one because that damn LeapFrog Dog annoys the sh?t out of me when I go to turn it off:

Any toy without an off button. And you know what, I?m going a step further and saying any toy with an off button that doesn?t turn off IMMEDIATELY when you push it. You know the crap I?m talking about. You push the off button and it keeps on yapping, ?Woof, woof! Thanks for playing! I?ll see you again later!? I pushed off. If I wanted you to keep talking I would have pushed the dissertation button. It?s like when you?re on the phone and you tell someone you have to go and they say okay but then proceed to ask you a thousand questions.

We HAD a slightly obnoxious singing, squirting frog bath toy that E absolutely loved - until the little f-er mysteriously turned itself on at 1am. The on/off switch malfunctioned, so it wouldn't shut off. DH had to unscrew the battery compartment to shut it up. It was in the trash the next morning. It was a gift from my SIL. 

P got this toy for his birthday and I have yet to open it!  It may end up in the Toy Drive box here at my job.