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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh I hate when people expect a "WOW" when opening a gift. My kid would go nuts if he opened a $100 bill.

Would he get really excited to open something that detailed a trip? My kids would absolutely love to go somewhere fun for a night (like Great Wolf Lodge) and would probably get excited opening a gift that included a stuffy and a note saying we were going right then.

If not, how about an electric scooter? [/quote]

FIL doesn't have endurance to do a big thing like great wolf with kid and wants the gift to be full associated with him so he wouldn't want to give us a family weekend there or anything (especially since we can afford those on our own so it wouldn't be something ds doesn't get on occasion anyway).  I wish he would consider experiences - DS really really loves them and gets excited about them.  And same with $100 bill - I think he'd be as excited by that as by $800 but its not impressive enough for FIL.  He was also a no on giving him $100 and putting rest in a college or savings account which DH said was only option given we have our whole household economy for allowance and chores and we aren't going to allow a cash gift  of a size that makes all that no longer motivating [/quote]

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