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PR Birthday gifts

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So, Reese in a unique situation but her birthday is coming up. DH and I were talking and his opinion is that she doesn't need anything else. (She really doesn't--at all) and that we don't have to buy her a birthday gift. She is having a joint family birthday party with my niece in a week in a half. And on her birthday a very small party with 3 friends that include pizza and cake. He says the party is the gift. 

I am on the opposite end where even if we get her something small---she should get a birthday gift from us. 

There are three things that she wants for her birthday. A pint of blueberries, the "too expensive Octonauts toy" (Octopod playset) and the "too expensive Doc McStuffins house" (The clinic playhouse).

Her birthday party is next week with family so we will be waiting after that definitely, but I feel like even though she has seriously gotten new toys 1 or 2 days out of the week from everyone, we should still get her something small for her birthday. (And the things that she wants aren't very big either) 
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  • JennicillinJennicillin member
    I would still get her something small.  Heck!  If the kid is asking for blueberries, sounds like a great choice.

    She's too young to conceptualize the idea that her party is "the gift"  but she will notice if she doesn't have a present from mommy and daddy.  Flip side is she genuinely won't care how small or big it is, just that you did it.  A coloring book with new crayons or something along those lines is another great choice.
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  • shadypinesshadypines member
    Probably the blueberries. Or one of the other toys. So she will have something to open.


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  • fancynewbeeslyfancynewbeesly member
    I also want to add that the Octonauts toy and Doc McStuffins toy she has been talking about since March and wanting it for her birthday.

    We actually have given her numerous chances to get them in the store with gift cards, etc--and she always told us no, because it wasn't her birthday. So she always got something else instead. 
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  • wiggyslilsiswiggyslilsis member
    I would get her at least one of the gifts she has been waiting for her birthday for.
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  • fancynewbeeslyfancynewbeesly member
    I definitely think we will do the wait and see after next weekend at least--I have mentioned to some family members those are the things she wants, so who knows if she will get them or not.

    Her other big thing that she is into is constantly asking us who got her __________. She will pick up a random toy and ask who gave it to her. Or she will find a small dollar store floating in the house and go "Grandma got it for me"---So she really remembers and talks about who got her every single toy. 

    The best is a lot of people have been sending things to her at my dad's work. So in the beginning my dad would stop by with a huge amount of stuff for her, from people she doesn't know. So we would try to explain that they were friends that bought her it, she just automatically thinks Grandpa gave her everything!
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