Do you have a brilliant idea for what I can give them this year?Īt the end of this letter, I am going to give you some wonderful book recommendations. I don’t want one to be envious about what the other got, so I always get them the same thing.īut my sister mentioned a few months ago, not meaning to criticize my gifts I’m sure, that they don’t need two of everything because they are usually playing with different things at different times. What should I give my twin nieces for their birthday in October? They are turning seven and love clothes and dolls, and so I usually get them matching dresses or matching dolls or stuffed animals. A book after my own heart, this has everything: gorgeous illustrations, magic, romance, and a nesting doll that unexpectedly contains a bear and a wolf that let the girl ride on their backs.
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