TY,. Marilyn! On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 6:27 PM, marilyn E B <marilyneb@gmail.com> wrote: > Kathleen, from many years ago, when I first joined GenNewbie, it was your > messages about Christmas past and present that always lingered in my mind. > I think your descriptions were so real I felt like I was there. Just as > this one puts me in the midst of your Christmas Day. > > Marilyn * * > > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Kathleen B. Simons < > kathleen.bowen@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Actually, my granddaughters, Trinity (almost 10) and Teagan (almost 5) > > received a set of American Girl Bitty Twins to share. One has brown hair > > (Teagan's as she has brown hair) and one has blond hair (Trinity's as she > > has sandy blond hair) and light skin. I thought it a risk, especially > for > > Trinity, because 1.) a shared gift? Hmmm.... 2.) a doll for an almost > > 10-year-old who is somewhat 'trendy?' They have played with them > together > > without ceasing. We also bought them a dolly bunk bed for them and a tea > > set. We also bought each girl a 'fairy hideaway' to go over each of > their > > beds in their shared bedroom. Teagan's is lavender and Trinity's is > pink. > > They adore them; their mom got them hung from the ceiling almost > > immediately after the general post-gift-opening cleanup. > > > > Trenton, recently turned 12, who has his own room on our level, received > > two erector sets (one medium one from granddad Rod and I, along with a > > metal detector) and a huge one from his parents (Bobby sent Lauren > > Christmas $$ for the kiddos and she went out and bought it). He has been > > building extremely complex things with occasional breaks to use the Xbox. > > We also bought him a large piece of duck blind fabric (woodland print > with > > the cutouts that look leaf-like and dangle all over it) and we are going > to > > take it to a corner over his bed. he thinks it is cool and will be like > > seeping in a tent! > > > > They are very happy with the basics thought they do really like the > Xbox. > > > > > > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- ----- Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no disguising the truth." Newsboys, Jesus Freak <http://www.myspace.com/roderickcsimons>