Originally Posted by Honey
We have told our kids not to buy for us for Christmas, to use it for thier kids. But every year, my daughter makes us something. She scrapbooks and has made frames with all the grands, calendars with pictures on each month and everyone's bday. She has her boys help her, so they are part of the gift, too. She says they are just little things, but to us, they are treasures. One son made us tapes of all of his radio shows (he is a talk show host for his campus station). Another son gets hams and turkeys for gifts from work and he gives them to us for holiday meals. The youngest son comes often to help with heavy stuff, so his Dad won't have to lift them. Some people get it and some don't.
Those are precious gifts that no one can duplicate. What very thoughtful children you have.
Every year I make photo albums or scrap books for my parents, grandmothers, and close family members who aren't able to participate in our day to day lives. Started when my girls were little, and now includes the grands. Serves 2 purposes, they get to see what goes on in everyone's lives and my photos are preserved in 6 locations, just in case. My grandmother (93) looks forward to seeing all the places we go and things the kids (and grands) do.