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Based on your link, "take" is probably the most appropriate, but since this is a future situation we are talking about, "bring" could also be okay;

Exceptions: “Bring” and “Take” for Future Events

Further, the simple rules fall apart when you consider an event in the future where nobody has arrived yet. Do you bring rum cake to the school bazaar or do you take rum cake to the school bazaar? It simply depends on where you want to place the emphasis of the sentence—which perspective you want to adopt.

If you want to focus on the school and write from the perspective of the bazaar, you bring the cake to the bazaar.

If you want to focus on your kitchen and write from the perspective of home, then you take the cake to the bazaar (which puts the focus on taking it away from your home).

When you start writing about the future and have to choose between “bring” and “take,” imagine where you are in the scenario, and make your word choice based on that location.

I came from a big family and my mother always did "toy, book, clothing" for everyone's birthday and Christmas to keep it fair and in control.

The main thing my parents did for us while were growing up was to shift our focus from RECEIVING to the joys of GIVING.

During the month of December my parents would put up chore charts for each of us. We would spend the whole month doing extra chores earning money $.25 at a time. When we earned $20, my mother would take each of us shopping to buy gifts for our 5 siblings. Each and every single one of those gifts were very carefully considered and thought about since $4 for each really wasn't going to a long ways. We would always try to figure out the best gift we could get with that hard earned $4.

On Christmas eve we would open the small gifts from each of our siblings. We always loved seeing their reactions to what we got them. We also really appreciated what we were given because we knew how hard it was to come up with something in that price range. I always remember being very touched by the thoughtfulness of each gift my siblings gave me, but I wouldn't have if I hadn't gone though the exact same thing.

Super cute. My mother just gave us kitchen utensils from the dollar store to play with in the tub. Measuring cups, turkey basters, colanders, ladles, etc.

Now I feel self conscience. I never knew people thought mint green was institutional. I always thought of white, cream, and beige as institutional. I painted our powder room and the kid's bathroom mint green because I wanted some color but didn't want the hassle of painting (or repainting if I hated the color on the walls) a room with vaulted ceilings. Green felt gender neutral and went with the warm color of the cabinets and floors. Bright green felt like Miami or Hawaii (especially in small areas like a bathroom) and Hunter or Evergreen were too dark. Maybe I need to reconsider my choice.

My parents were always very careful about picking toys for us growing up that didn't send the wrong gender or sexist messages. I wasn't allowed to play with Barbie because my parents thought it taught us girls to want to be tall, blonde, and only want to shop. They didn't allow toy guns or swords because they thought it taught the boys violence. In the end I played with Barbie at my friend's houses (and got those "gender" messages from TV, magazines, school, etc) and the boys grabbed sticks from the yard and "shot" each other with those.
I think children are naturally drawn to certain toys and there is nothing wrong with that. My brothers loved playing with Lego because they made guns and ships and other "boy" things with them. Occasionally I would play with them and make doll houses, but I had better doll houses, so I gave up on Lego. I don't think this new line is sexist or wrong, I think it will appeal to a lot of girls and is opening up a toy that encourages creativity to a market that has been ignored for a long time. I would get my daughter this set if she wanted it, but I would also get her a microscope and dinosaur books. I don't think you can keep children from being interested in certain toys, even if they are very gender specific. They should be encouraged to explore whatever interests them. If my son wants to be a nurse or a school teacher; great. If he wants to be a engineer or lawyer; great. If my daughter wants to be a SAHM; great. If she wants to be a professor or dentist; wonderful. I made my choices, now my children get to make theirs.

I have a "mom kit" that I keep in my purse at all times (bigger than an Altoids box :P). I'm always ending up in situations where I'm like "well, I guess I need to add that to the kit."

alyssasteffes, diet soda tricks your body into thinking you are drinking a "sugary drink", so your body starts producing insulin to deal with all that sugar. When you body doesn't get any sugar (just the artificial sweeteners), your body's now full of useless insulin, so you start to feel hungry and you start eating to use up all that extra insulin. Diet isn't any better than regular soda.

I drink one Dr. Pepper a day. Everytime I try to cut back I feel depressed and get headaches. I know it is only one, but it is my crutch and I hate to give it up (okay, I'll have two if my kid is driving up the wall). I have never had alcohol, I have never smoked, and I've never had tea or coffee. I figure one Dr. Pepper a day is a small vice comparatively.

I became hooked while in university. We never drank soda as a child in Canada because it was really expensive. It is so cheap here in the states, everyone is pushing it on you. While I was pregnant, I stopped drinking soda (It made me sick). I was so proud of myself, but everywhere I went, there was soda. Every restaurant, at my in-laws, etc. Sometimes it is the only thing to drink (especially if you are getting fast food and want fries, the drink is basically free and they don't offer anything else). I feel like I don't really have a choice (maybe I'm just justifying).

Hopefully no one is disappointed when they get to the airport with their snowglobes and are forced to throw them away because they aren't allowed on airplanes (even small ones because they aren't labeled as less than 3 oz.). It's not a problem if you have a checked bag (at $25 each way), your vacations are the driving kind, or you ship it to yourself. Hate to be a party pooper, but I thought some people might appreciate the heads up.

I never give baby clothes anymore, except maybe sleepers just because you never know what size they are going to be wearing during which season (my son is 16 months and is wearing 9-12 month clothes!) I try to give "disposable" gifts for the second baby like diapers, formula/bottles, bubble bath and bath towel, gift cards, etc. I do like the idea of personalized gifts, that is something I will certainly keep in mind.

I would love to see more staircase wall ideas. I keep wondering how far up do I go? What can I hang besides personal pictures? (It is the wall you see when you open the door so I don't want anything too personal.) How do I keep it simple? I'm going crazy trying to figure out what to do with that wall.