Whenever I heard PBS, it reminds me of a day that Kamalani came home from Day Care and asked why her teacher called her PB.

Well, it just so happens her classroom teachers are Filipino with strong accents so whenever they try to pronounce her name (Phoebe), it comes out PB. Since we rarely call her by her first name, she doesn’t normally respond to it, add that to the fact that the teachers cannot pronounce it correctly and we have one confused preschooler. Since that day, we always tease her when she forces us to sit through PBSKids. Today we were saying stuff like, “PB, iS naughty” and “PB, S stinky”, just tormenting her the same way she torments us. ~L~

I’ve decided it was best to just send our grandchildren a card with money so their parents can enjoy shopping for whatever they might need since I’m clueless as to what they need. Thank you for all of your wonderful suggestions. I think they own most of what LeapPad has to offer for their age groups (infants, preK and Kindergarten).

I need to learn to make crafts. I’m the most uncreative, uncrafty person I know. If I start making keepsakes for our grandchildren I hope they realize how much of an accomplishment it will be for me to complete or will they have a confused look on their faces when they hold up the keepsake and ask their parent if Gramma’s losing it.

I suck at shopping. No, seriously. I hate shopping for gifts. What I’m saying is that we have two presents under our tree and both were gifts from Meg’s friend. One for Meg and the other for Kamalani. I haven’t done anything that even resembles shopping. Ok, I did some online window shopping but made no purchases.

I never thought I’d ever be this bad. As each year passes, I have stronger feelings that buying toys for the kids is money wasted. I watch shows like Clean Sweep and see how much stuff people accumulate without even realizing it only to have it tossed out or sold at a yard sale for a tiny fraction of what they paid for it. I’ve sat for weeks trying to decide what to get my grandchildren that won’t make me feel like I’ve thrown away hard working money and I couldn’t think of anything worthwhile. Seriously, they all have so much toys they don’t really need anymore.

I don’t know how Santa does this year after year. I’m having an anxiety attack! I need ideas.