WTF do you get 2 boys ~ one aged twelve and a half and the other ten years?
They are too old for toys and they have all the Wii's, Mobile Phones, Watches, Digital Cameras, Nintendo Micros, Remote control cars/trucks, MP3s etc that they could ever want. New football boots, sports equipment, clothing etc they soon grow out of and anyway we are forever replacing such stuff throughout the year. They both have bikes, laptops and they are NOT getting TV's in their bedrooms.
OK it is easy to upgrade to iPhones etc but they only do the same things as the stuff they already have but at a much higher cost and I'm not in the business of trying to outdo their friends' parents by buying bigger(smaller) or more fashionable bits of kit that they will only break or have stolen (with resulting upset and cost of replacement)
"Sensible" gifts like Premium Bonds/Insurance policies etc I leave to God-parents and anyway what kid wants to open a present to find it is a Government Savings Bond?
I have asked the boys what they want and they just shrug and say "We've got everything".
Ideas (sensible ones preferred) would be most welcome.
