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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did you come to have so many toys?? Is it solely the fault of grandparents over-buying?  We don’t have this problem so it’s hard for me to imagine. My kids were ecstatic when they got toys as gifts!

Why don’t you buy them the soccer goals/equipment?

Also, in a nice and respectful way be very clear with the grandparents. “They’re still playing with all the great toys you got them last time - and our house is getting a little cluttered, would you mind getting them an experience instead? [/quote]

Yes. 7.5 years and like I said, we have all boys. So it’s the same toys essentially for Christmas and birthdays, 8 years over. They give them each 4 toys for Christmas and birthdays…it totals up to this much, easily.[/quote]

It sounds like it's the TYPE of toy that is wrong.  What about giving them suggestions for more active toys?  Stomp rockets are great.  Mine got stilts and pogo sticks, a mini trampoline, a swing we installed in the basement for rainy days.  I totally get that grandparents don't want to just give experiences -- they feel like that's something they just do anyway.  I can remember my grandmother saying "I wanted you to have something under the tree..." even in years where she gave me something like money for something I was saving for, or had bought me something like a new dress before the holiday itself.  
Four toys per boy (so 12 total for christmas) does seem a bit much.  Maybe you could say you are trying to do the wise man thing -- something gold (flashy and fun), something for the soul (like a book or an experience), soemthing for the body (clothes, etc.).  [/quote]

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