Ideas needed. FAST
I have all kinds of things I want to blog on, including discussions of three or four books, but I am looking over the calendar and realizing that we have a major family holiday on Saturday -- little Hambet is turning two -- and it's Thursday.
So, gentle readers, any ideas for presents that might please a two-year-old?
I am so bad about planning for holidays. For example, I have noticed that, every year, Christmas falls on December 25 . The only way that I can make sure that I get presents shipped on time -- and have something to put under our own tree -- is to sit down with the calendar in July and start marking off reminders, starting with October: "Start shopping for presents." "Check to make sure there's enough tape and gift wrap." "Wrap presents." "Do you have enough packing material?" "Pack presents." Call UPS."
I need to do this with every holiday. For example, February 12 is probably too late to buy Valentines if they need to be mailed. And I need to build in plenty of lead time for things like snow, sick children, etc.
