Obviously, he is displeased.
A rapid fire BB gun is more his cup of tea.
Books? For Christmas?!?!?
Books? For Christmas?!?!?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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Spoiled brat already got a Wii, what's his problem? 

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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I give my boys books at every possible occasion, and while they generally never seem terribly enthusiastic when they open them, it never fails that before the day is over, we are curled up on one of the couches reading the new book. Maybe this kid's attitude will change. Heck, he looks barely 4.
This year I'm giving the 7-year-old the first Harry Potter. He's been bugging me for months to start reading it too him -- I'm so excited to finally start!
This year I'm giving the 7-year-old the first Harry Potter. He's been bugging me for months to start reading it too him -- I'm so excited to finally start!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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I used to love gettin' books ...except that the familia always got me books I already had, lazy dogs. 

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i always loved getting books, this year I'm buying myself a NookColor next week when I get paid for my own present 

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I got a $50 B&N gift card for my birthday (last week). I've been a voracious reader most of my life.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
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Not only did I get Harry Potter specific hugs and kisses, we read the first chapter before Christmas dinner, the second chapter at bedtime, and the third this morning!
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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I got four books, Hen got three, Hatch got five.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”