to wish my inlaws hadn't bought my daughter a giant fricken duck?

[BroccoliSpears]

Well alright, it's always unreasonable to complain about presents. I know.

But c'mon.

The poor child has never expressed any particular duck fetish, and between them they have now bought her 11 soft toy ducks. Three are not much smaller than her. 4 are duplicates (because they forget they've already bought her that particular duck).

It's her second birthday soon. A parcel arrives. The box is a meter square. I open it up for a sneak peak late last night and guess what it is?

Oh yes.

Because every family needs a fricken meter high stuffed duck.

Oh well, at least we have an enormous mansion to keep it in... oh no wait, we live in a small semi.

Oh well, at least there aren't lots of other useful things they could have spent the money on... oh no wait...

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LOL
Perhaps you could suggest they keep it at their house so she has something fabulous to play with when you come over...?

rofl, sorry but its funny

is she called daisy?

It is funny how people get an idea in their heads of the perfect present - my sister once asked for some Audrey Hepburn films on DVD for Christmas; ever since she has been given just about everything ever produced with her face on (bags, purses, paintings even). She then happened to express some interest in the film Eragon, now the same friend gets her some of the film merchandise for every birthday (and I think she gets it free through another friend with connections .

LOLOL littlelapin spat my tea all down my white top.. !

Sometimes when she seems to like a particular duck they buy it for her in a different size next time they visit.

my dad has a thing about buying my ds the hugest teddies possible they have about 7 between them. my dad never had any thing when he was sml (had a really tough life) and he always wanted a really big ted, so when the grandkids arrived thats what he bought so they could have what he never could

littlelapin lol

oh, god, I thought the title read 'a giant fricken dick' til i read the OP...

Our MIL asked us what our DS would like for Christmas.

We politely requested no stuffed toys (DH has dust mite allergy and DS is totally uninterested in them) and nothing too huge (v. small house).

Imagine our joy on Christmas morn to be faced with a three-foot-high stuffed penguin.

With a comedy scarf.

LOL. My PIL bought Tom a ball pit, balls for it and a goo pool. They bought exactly the same for them to have at their house. It wouldn't be so bad if we didn't live in a tiny flat! It will get very dirty in our space outside and I honestly can't be ar$$ed to pick up 500 balls every day, which is why I hadn't bothered getting one myself.

Lapin, that's making me nervous.

LOL, i'd like the really large bath duck you can get. And I might get DP the F1 pit crew of bath ducks I saw on ebay.

LOL!!!

LOL littlelapin.
And my 3yr old also is ROFL "see it again, see it again" I open the link-- this is followed by hysterical laughter.