Looking for opinions!
First, to update everyone on the trip, we have decided to go to Antigua. Now sure whether we will do Sandals or another resort, but it seemed to offer a lot of what we want. We will be going in July, so I am super excited about that.
The 2 things I am looking for advice on are related to gifts
1. We are getting Grady a telescope for his birthday. Does anyone have one for their children that they like? I only want to spend about $100, and I have found some on Amazon for about that which get good reviews, but I wanted to ask on here.
2. My IL's just gave us a check for $600 to put towards the kids' Christmas gifts. I would have preferred that they take the time and pick out thoughtful gifts, but whatever. I give up on them. I am thinking it may be nice to do one large gift, so I was considering a swingset (we could do baby swings as well as regular). We do have a nice climber for about ages 1-4 (G still uses it) but it is simple. We also have a great playhouse that Eric built and a sandbox. Any good ideas on what to use the $ for? We spend all year playing outside here, so outdoor toys are great, but we could also do memberships at our zoo and children's museum for that price and still have $ left over for a smallish thing for each kid. Any suggestions? Oh, I also considered a trampoline with a net around it. Totally insane? Camille could not use it for a while, but even Anson could do it. He just used one at a friend's party.
The 2 things I am looking for advice on are related to gifts
1. We are getting Grady a telescope for his birthday. Does anyone have one for their children that they like? I only want to spend about $100, and I have found some on Amazon for about that which get good reviews, but I wanted to ask on here.
2. My IL's just gave us a check for $600 to put towards the kids' Christmas gifts. I would have preferred that they take the time and pick out thoughtful gifts, but whatever. I give up on them. I am thinking it may be nice to do one large gift, so I was considering a swingset (we could do baby swings as well as regular). We do have a nice climber for about ages 1-4 (G still uses it) but it is simple. We also have a great playhouse that Eric built and a sandbox. Any good ideas on what to use the $ for? We spend all year playing outside here, so outdoor toys are great, but we could also do memberships at our zoo and children's museum for that price and still have $ left over for a smallish thing for each kid. Any suggestions? Oh, I also considered a trampoline with a net around it. Totally insane? Camille could not use it for a while, but even Anson could do it. He just used one at a friend's party.