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Thread: adoption gift ideas???
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05-29-2008, 06:35 AM #1
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06-01-2008, 07:35 AM #2
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My favorite gift for parents of toddlers is a big pack of white terry cloth shop towels from Costco.
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06-01-2008, 08:08 AM #3
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I vote for the books idea. Maybe some in Russian (assuming the parents can read that) and some in English, some for reading out loud and some with few or no words per page so the kids can enjoy them on their own and that the parents can manage to "read" in either language. Our kids weren't adopted, but we tried to get them bi-lingual ASAP, what with them growing up here in Norway and my side of the family back in the US knowing no Norwegian. Books helped with that.
Also, some 20 or so years ago, baby OshKoshes and baby Levis were really popular gifts from the US for new babies in the European side of the family, including Russia. Of course, nowadays neither brand is made in the US any more. Still, they can kinda symbolize the new homeland.Half-marathon over. Sabbatical year over. It's back to "sacking shirt and oat cakes" as they say here.
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06-01-2008, 07:34 PM #4
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gift ideas
Books are top of the list for me. It's the gift that never stops giving and it would help the boys learn English if they need to. Good quality books by good authors will be read over and over.
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