Thread: what did you get your kids for christmas?

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

and i don't like toys that have pieces because they make an awful mess around the house.....bits everywhere

I'm feeling you bro'

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i decided to buy her a fish tank with quite a few little fish in it

it's a good idea.... our little ones have loved looking at the one I bought last year

send your wife out to the field to catch a red clawed crab.... we had one in and it was great fun.... should really have a little island or piece of wood to stick out of the water though



he lost a claw during a molt.... he'd lost a leg earlier and it had grown back, but he didn't survive the molt after this.... just kept turning over on his back


I've got the little ones a balance bike (£12.80 from ebay) and a few other books and toys, the bigger ones have got an xbox controller and a few magazine and books

your fish tank looks a similar size to ours... careful not to overstock it and you should really build up the number of fish slowly

Originally Posted by NickA

careful not to overstock it and you should really build up the number of fish slowly

there's enough in there i think

we'll just replace them when they die

think it's 35 litres

Stocking levels

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

there's enough in there i think we'll just replace them when they die think it's 35 litres

the tank needs time to build up bacteria that help to break down the fish shit.... it's called cycling

How to Cycle a Fish Tank

Originally Posted by nevvr

are those siamese fighters in that tank?

no..they are little 10 baht jobbies

not sure what they are called

Originally Posted by NickA

the tank needs time to build up bacteria that help to break down the fish shit.... it's called cycling

do i need a few more fishes?

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

do i need a few more fishes?

no, start off with less and build up

get a crab though.... it will eat your fish when they get poorly or die... saves having to get rid of them yourself, or if you don't count your fish, you won't even know about it

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

not sure what they are called

look like guppies

^
yes

that's what they are

10 baht if they had a broken tail and 15 baht for a proper tail

got 2 of each

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

10 baht if they had a broken tail and 15 baht for a proper tail

wtf?

shrimps are another good idea.... and snails, they help keep the tank clean

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i don't like toys that have pieces because they make an awful mess around the house

I tell my lad to keep the toys in the bedroom and if they're left laying around they go in the bin.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I tell my lad to keep the toys in the bedroom and if they're left laying around they go in the bin.

doesn't work with 1-2 year olds though

Originally Posted by NickA

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I tell my lad to keep the toys in the bedroom and if they're left laying around they go in the bin.

doesn't work with 1-2 year olds though

1-2 year old shouldn't have toys comprised of lots of little bits, so it's not an issue.

stop the pedantry
i don't mean tiny little bits

my older daughter loved those wooden alphabet things and other jigsaw puzzle type things when she was two

people kept buying her more and bits went under the sofa and all over

even pencils are a ballsache

this sort of stuff

these things get every where

a perfectly decent toy for an 18 month old

was more manageable when we only had the one

I got nothing, they have my love, and I am not encouraging mindless materialism for a Pagan ritual.

bah humbug

i'm buying them gifts in honour of our sweet baby jayyzuss

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Books, DvDs, toys, clothes, chocolate and a bottle of whiskey.

Who is the lucky child getting a bottle of whiskey?

New camera for the daughter and Playstation3 for the boy.

you'd have a problem finding three wise men and a vergin these days.

looks a treat, what's the fur?

the three year old has now grown out of blocks and letters and got a tesco hudl off her grandmum

replaces the shittily constructed and specced acer iconia that i bought for her birthday

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

....[sic] has lost it's real meaning.
Giving and receiving mutual love and respect which actually costs nothing..

Half the world that celebrates and observes their festive time have lost the plot, as most still practice the opposite of what is supposedly promoted.

Nothing but a ruse.