shopping

I do most of the planning, shopping, hiding, & wrapping. It drives Kevin nuts, since I also buy my own presents. (who knows what I want better than me?) I shop year round. Kevin looked at the John Wayne Shepherd of the Hills dvd when we were @ Shepherd of the Hills on vacation. He thought it cost too much. I came home & ordered it on-line, the same price he thought was too high + shipping.
if the kids ever show any interest in anything...I buy it. (sometimes they really didn't want it--like the infamous year KJ got the VideoNow for Christmas. no matter how many little discs I bought for it, he still didn't really want it.)
when Koren was small, she had Barbie Christmas's. We spent the entire morning building cars & houses & furniture. Putting on the little stickers. Dressing Barbies in their new clothes.
A few years ago Katie had a "Holly Dolly Christmas"...I bought her all dolls, all sizes...from soft stuffed Barbie type little girl dolls to a My Size Annaleise Barbie.
KJ used to always get action figures for Xmas---Power Rangers, Batman, Big Bad Beetleborgs, Masked Rider, wrestlers. He also collected the stuffed Warner Brother beenie type action figures...Santa filled his stocking with them every year. He got the latest Power Rangers Power Zord every year.
Santa brought huge Lego sets...castles, Spiderman, NBA basketball, soccer.
He used to bring cool Playmobile sets, too...Wild West, Civil War...
Katie & KJ like more advanced gifts these days---Katie had DigiMakeover & dream life superstar on her list. kj wants PS2 games & horror dvds.
Kevin always gets a Chiefs shirt. Koren usually gets a Happy Bunny hoodie & $. Miss Cuddles gets cat toys.