Present ideas needed please

Andypandyboy

Not sure if you are in the North West ( possibly, due to the Alder Hey connection?) but the Blue Planet Aquarium do the Shark experience, obviously you would be better placed to know if that would be suitable.

kingfisherblue

Thank you both. I'll take a look at the link Kazzah.

Andy, yes, I'm in the North West. I'll look into the Shark Experience, thank you.

OldMotherTucker

Might be off the mark here but my favourite books as a child were these:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Willard-Price-Adventure-Collection-Cannibal/dp/B00IG45YX0/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1455203313&sr=8-12&keywords=willard+price+adventure+series

I'll spring for one for your boy if you think it's suitable!! Doesn't help you with your gift though!!

kingfisherblue

Thank you Old Mother Tucker (I feel very impolite calling you old!). I remember reading Willard Price many years ago, and unfortunately they are too advanced for my son. Although he loves reading, he can only cope with larger print and blocks of text no more than around five or six sentences long. A page of text defeats him.

I might read one to him, though, as his bedtime story (a chapter a night). He hasn't coped with longer books before, as he doesn't always retain information, but maybe it's time to try again. I'll try with a novel from tonight, and see if he has matured enough to take in the story and remember it.

So thank you. It might not help with the gift situation, but you've given me a necessary kick to re-try longer stories with him. It's still a thoughtful and valid suggestion.

kingfisherblue

I popped online a few days ago and read a post, but I didnt have time to reply. Since then, I've been online daily but the post has completely disappeared! I know it was someone who has already posted (possibly Old Mother Tucker?). I can't remember the details of the post, but I think it began along the lines of "I've thought of something else!"

Have I dreamt it? Or was there a post that has now been deleted?

LocoLoco

Hi KingfisherBlue,

I think everyone struggles with presents for kids as they get older! My son has some health problems as well which restricts what he can do so that adds to the mix as well.

For me, I prefer time over presents, so I tend to say to people now that what would be really lovely is if they do something with my son, and I wondered if that might be something your son would enjoy with other people, a day out or tea and cake at nice place or whatever it is that he enjoys doing? With or without you, depending on what suits, doesn't have to cost a lot of money.


Another thing I find great are annual passes to local attractions - if they're too expensive for one person to buy perhaps a few could club in together? But I like the idea of those, it's a sort of year long gift and that feels nice. Or if he likes the cinema (too loud for a lot of people I know) but most do gift vouchers now or someone could just book the tickets up.

OldMotherTucker

kingfisherblue wrote: »

I popped online a few days ago and read a post, but I didnt have time to reply. Since then, I've been online daily but the post has completely disappeared! I know it was someone who has already posted (possibly Old Mother Tucker?). I can't remember the details of the post, but I think it began along the lines of "I've thought of something else!"

Have I dreamt it? Or was there a post that has now been deleted?

I did delete - the gist of it was magic tricks - age appropriate of course, and maybe something along the musical lines. I got all nostalgic thinking about the best toys and stuff my kids had along the way and which ones brought most fun!!

kingfisherblue

Thank you - I thought I must have dreamt it! We've tried simple magic tricks before, and unfortunately my son just doesn't understand them.

I know what you mean about nostalgia. I bought my boys a Tap-A-Shape a few years ago (where you hammer nails through wooden shapes onto a cork board to make pictures). I thought my youngest especially would love it, but neither was interested. They didn't like peg board pictures either, yet I loved both in my childhood.

LocoLoco, family and friends do spend time with my son, and we eat out as often as possible as this is something he really enjoys. Some want to give him something to unwrap though. It doesn't have to be expensive. He doesn't ask for much. Today he has asked if he can have a chocolate cake for his birthday, and a cup of tea!