Every year our school does the "Red Bag Project" where each classroom adopts a less-fortunate child and provides gifts from their wish list. In the past we've gotten mittens / scarf / hat, small toys -- gifts along those lines. This year Jacob selected "scooter" off of the tree in his classroom. A scooter. Of course he did. The kid's wish list has a lot more reasonable stuff on it, but my kid picks the scooter. Frankly, I'm annoyed at the Red Bag coordinator for allowing something that pricey to go on the wish lists. They run around $50 (that was the cheapest at the store today)! Quinn's gift was more reasonable - I spent about $20 (the little girl asked for anything Tinkerbell, so I got her a Tinkerbell toy set). I opted not to buy the scooter while at ToysRUs and do some shopping around.
I considered emailing his teacher and asking to have him pick something slightly less expensive, but then I feel like a scrooge, b/c truth be told we can afford to buy a damn scooter, but still -- $50 is a lot.
I considered emailing his teacher and asking to have him pick something slightly less expensive, but then I feel like a scrooge, b/c truth be told we can afford to buy a damn scooter, but still -- $50 is a lot.
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