differences and samenesses

I have now concluded all four of my Christmas gift shopping sprees with my grandchildren. I am officially exhausted. I did the last two this weekend.  My granddaughter on Saturday and my grandson today. The most striking difference was that when I shopped with my grandson we didn't look at a single article of clothing, no one. Which is good because I'm pretty sure I've seen everything there is to appeal to 10-12 year old girls in all of the mall stores and Target.  The other difference was lunch choices: Quedoba, Cracker Barrel, Culver's and Chuckie Cheese.  Chuckie Cheese was with my grandson today and we spent a fun hour or so playing games and accumulating tickets. The most surprising thing to me was that each grandchild wanted to spend at least part of their time and money at Target.  It seems to be quite an appealing store whether you're looking at clothes, bargains in the $1-$3 bins, cosmetics or Legos.  There are three Targets here in town, I've shopped them all and I'm pretty sure I should be qualifying for some sort of frequent shopper award.