Note to self: On buying birthday presents

One of K-Man’s friends is having a b’day party tomorrow. As any parent can attest, there’s nothing all that unique about a birthday party on a weekend. In fact, as the kids grow older and get involved in more programs (or school), it seems the number of birthday parties grows exponentially. And, as any parent knows, the growing number of birthday parties means buying an equally growing number of birthday presents. Since tomorrow’s party is for one of K’s better friends, I thought I’d bring him along to pick out the gift. Bad idea. [more]