Hi pastafreak - didn't mean to sound so bitter there, I just found it a bit odd. Like most people, we always take a gift when we visit someone and always receive something from our visitors, even if it is only a sweetie for the kids. I can remember being very excited as a child when having someone come to stay and if they brought us something from a foreign country, that was so exotic and treasured. I guess that I just wanted a similar experience for my kids. They are however loving having their big cousins here, so in that way the visit is going well. They are nice people, maybe they just didn't think!