Poppy asked me recently what I wanted for my birthday, which is on Friday. I told her I’d like it if she and her brother obeyed and were kind to one another all day long. She wasn’t happy with that answer. She wanted me to give her an answer that was “something we can wrap.” So I made this list of wrappable things:

1. A new lens for my camera.
2. A new battery for my camera.
3. Boots. (I like this entirely-too-expensive pair.)
4. A bookstore gift certificate.
5. A Land’s End gift certificate.
6. A Sonos system. (Or a speaker/docking thing for the iPod.)
7. “Just Dance 3“
8. A subscription to our local newspaper.
9. A Target gift card, so I can buy some baskets for organizing the big bookshelf.
10. Paint for the living room.

How about you? What’s on your birthday list?