This year we let the kids get each other a gift from the Dollar Tree. Instead of taking each child one at a time. Emma and I went and Emma picked out what she wanted to get for the kids and while she was doing that I grabbed enough things that the youngest 3 could give something to everyone. I have to say it worked perfect. Emma was oblivious to the fact that I was grabbing thing that would eventually be for her! She was surprised with each gift from the little kids. Well except for the headbands from Eliza because Eliza told her that's what she gave her. They haven't quite figured out the no telling part yet! They loved that they were able to give gifts to their siblings and I didn't have to walk through the Dollar Tree 4 times wandering around until they figured out what they wanted to give each other. Once we got home I divided out the gifts for each child so they wouldn't get 2 phones or whatever and then had the kids pick what they wanted to give each other... If I would have known what a big hit the cheapy little Dollar Tree gifts where I would have stuck to that and saved some money! :)
Lane & Olivia comparing phones!
Lane & Olivia comparing phones!
Emma picked out "high" heals for Eliza and Olivia and this is Eliza's face when she saw them! Big hit!
Livvy and her phone! It scares me a little to see how much she loves the phone now... I just wonder how bad it'll be when she's a teenager!!!
And of course we had to make our traditional Overnight Carmel Ring. Actually Joe put it together this year for me so I could wrap presents. I didn't have any almonds so Joe used Macadamia nuts instead and it was SOOOO good!
And Joe baked a ham... yummy! There is still some left overs so I'm thinking about making this with it!!!
Anyway that's our Christmas in a nutshell! It was fun the kids had a blast and now I need to get the house back in order. I can't wait for the garbage truck to get here!!!
And Joe baked a ham... yummy! There is still some left overs so I'm thinking about making this with it!!!
Anyway that's our Christmas in a nutshell! It was fun the kids had a blast and now I need to get the house back in order. I can't wait for the garbage truck to get here!!!I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!
8 comments:
Glad you had a great christmas! I hear ya on the garbage, we have been doing a lot of burning lately!!
That Dollar Store idea is a really good idea. My Christmas wish for you is that the garbage truck comes soon!
love Eliza's face! :) great idea to have the kids get gifts for each other! glad that you had a good Christmas!
We've done a lot of shopping in Mom's room over the years too. I usually pull out all the gift options and let them come in one by one and choose what they'd like to give. It works great, they feel like they got to choose and I can use the bargains that I pick up on the clearance aisle throughout the year.
LOVE the Dollar Tree gifts! And I did the same thing this yr... I picked out the sibling gifts and it was oh so fabulous and easy!
Oh, that caramel ring looks soooo delicious! I must have the recipe!
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looks like everybody happy with the present they got...
and the rings look yummy...
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