Which One is More Weird? Christmas Gift Edition
Last year my oldest learned a lesson the hard way.I tell my kids Be Careful What You Wish For.
This year it happened again, but it wasn't a birthday gift exchange, it was for Christmas and it's even more weird.
So my 6 year old must have told her friend she likes deer.
I don't know if it was in passing, related to reindeer, or she was reading a book about deer, but K's little classmate came over and brought her this yesterday:
A deer's antler.
Duh.
From this girl's backyard.
Where apparently it has been sitting for 12 years.
And, there were a lot more too.
K wasn't home at the moment, but I stood there in front of this girl and her mom and I was speechless, mouth agape, and there were a lot of seconds of silence.
The mom tells me that K told her daughter she wanted a deer's antler for Christmas and she happened to have one.
So the right thing to do was for her to wrap ribbon around it and give it to K.
The mom just washed it with soapy water, so it smelled.
But, not of soapy water.
It smelled like....
...dead deer with a hint of soap.
Or wood.
SOOOOO K gets home and sees it under the tree.
So you like deer I ask.
Um, I didn't say I wanted it for Christmas.
Well {Mia} said you did and here it is.
Oh.
Be careful what you wish for!
She stood there just as I did by the door, kinda shocked, baffled.
I'm still trying to decide what is more weird. That my first grader is asking for deer antlers for a gift.
OR if the person she told had one to give her.
Mind. Blown.
December 15, 2012 at 11:04 AM
I guess it made me laugh to read it,but maybe she learned a little lesson!
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December 15, 2012 at 4:04 PM
lol hmmm....a lesson learned! i guess that's a good thing! that is sort of strange, but who was to know her friend would take it so...literally?? lol antlers are actually kind of cool though, although probably not to a little kid. (it was cute how she wrapped ribbon around it.)
December 15, 2012 at 6:21 PM
Is it bad that I find this hilarious? Because I love that she wished for it...and that her friend helped her out with her "deer" wish.
December 18, 2012 at 11:34 AM
INteresting. I would never have thought... It's the drive by/drop off that cracks me up the most. LOL
December 19, 2012 at 2:55 PM
that is so funny,an the girls mom didnt think it was unusual??hey maybe she should have said money they might have some of that buried in their back yard too,lol
December 22, 2012 at 4:34 PM
Well, she could have asked for the whole deer....
December 29, 2012 at 10:40 PM
omg this litterally made me laugh out loud and so loud that I woke the baby! :-) too cute!
January 5, 2013 at 12:40 PM
The whole thing is kind of random and strange but the kid actually have the deer antlers is more strange in my opinion.
January 15, 2013 at 6:22 AM
Ohmygosh!
That is a story I think you'll have in your back pocket forever. Crazy.
February 4, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Interesting! That is definitely a strange present!
March 13, 2013 at 10:57 PM
Wow!!! That is a new one to me. I have never ever ever heard of a Gift like that. A great lesson though.