Gift Ideas for family

I feel like I need to do a lot of prefacing for this one, but I'll try and keep it to a minimum. The need for this blog came up when people started asking me what Jason wanted for his birthday. I realized, Aaron's birthday's coming up too, and wondered what he wanted for his. It dawned on me- it's just hard to figure out what people want as gifts for birthdays and Christmas! So here is a place for family to come and find gift ideas. Keep sending me your gift ideas, and don't feel greedy. The more ideas we can have for you, the better. I'll start with Jason's ideas, since his birthday is Friday (yay!). I'm going to keep adding to t his specific blog and find a way to link to it, so in the future look for a link on the left side of my blog in order to refer back to the gift ideas.

Jason- November 2
Amazon gift card
Camera lens cleaning set
Apple store gift card

Megan- September 7
Target Wish List
Gift card to Old Navy
iPhone portable speakers (silver)
Coffee maker
MAC makeup gift card

Christian- December 17
Target Wish List
Gift card to Old Navy


Aaron- November 23
A good red wine
Gift cards to: Starbucks, Lowes, Resturants, Cost Plus, Sport Authority, or any fishing or camping store

Mindy- April 7
Tennis shoes (size 8.5)
Black Mary Jane shoes (size 8.5)
Gift cards to: NY & Company, Old Navy, Starbucks, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Restaurants (Some of my favorite are: Ziings, Macaroni Grill, BJ's, Olive Garden, & CPK but any will do)
Tupperware

Riley- February 20
Kiddy pool
Bike Seat - to attach to back of Trek bike
Shoes - size 4 & 5, basic ones would be great (ones that she could wear with different things) & ones that are good for walking
Socks - size 12-24 months
Hooded Sweatshirt - preferably not pink (only because we already have a pink one), size 18-24 months
Spring & Summer Clothes - size 18-24 months (For size & weather purposes, gift receipts are greatly appreciated!)
Toys - age appropriate toys
Cardboard books - rhyming ones by Sandra Boynton are great (she already has The Going to Bed Book)
DVD's - educational ones - like Baby Einstein (learning words or sign language), she also seems to like Elmo & Backyardigans
Babies R Us & Target gift cards
Plastic spoons, forks & plates
Sippy cups with straws

Alif- April 21
Gas gift card to AM/PM or Fastrip
Car wash gift card to the $5 place
Bath & Body Works non-man scents bath gels and lotions
Starbucks gift card

Emily- September 7
Kitchen stuff - tiered spice shelf for inside the cabinet, dish towels & cloths, nice knives
MAC or Lush stuff
Redken straight hair stuff, shampoo, conditioner
Gift card to anywhere who prints photos (shutterfly is my fave but any will do!)
Babysitting offer for date night

Malachi- April 2
Legos
K'nex
Size Large clothes - jeans, shirts w/o seams (no polos etc.), athletic pants
Berean gift card

Graham- December 4
Wikki Stix- http://wikkistix.com/
Size Medium clothes - pants, jeans, long-sleeved shirts, polos
Roller skates/blades size 4

Caris- May 27
Books
Size small clothes - pants, jeans, shirts, dresses/skirts, tights, babylegs
Little girl toys - polly pockets, etc.
Build-a-bear gift card or outfits

Canaan - February 4
Some kind of walking toy (kind of like this http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2872612)
Age-appropriate toys, especially Haba (turtlesdreams.com), Leap Frog or Fisher-Price
Stretchy pants (fleece, etc.) in 12-18 mos or 18-24 mos, or spring/summer clothes in 18-24 mos or 2T
Board books