This is a great time to reflect and look through the eyes of a child at the wonder of the season.  Let the kids decorate the tree….this may drive the OCD in you crazy. 🙂 However, they will be so proud of themselves, they may just pull up a stool and sit and stare at it. My son decided that he wanted to add his own touch and took one of his toy saw’s, tied a string to it and added it to the tree.

Trying to wrap presents while kids are awake is another task that should be done at a different time of day. I locked my self in my room to wrap presents, but again my 5yr old found me. He asked me what I was doing. I said wrapping presents, and of course wanted to help. But, I said some are for you. So he decided to wait in the hallway and ask me every two minutes if it was safe to come in. After letting him in he went looking in my room for his presents, I asked him what he was doing, and he said he wanted to know how many he got.

Every year some people are easy to buy for and some you need to explore a bit more and ask questions. One of the more challenging ones for me this year was my 18 year old, being a young lady that know what she likes. As much as I wanted to get her some custom jewellery she wanted the universal gift certificate.

So far so good with my 11yr, I can still make her smile.

The goal with any present is that you want someone to feel good and see them smile, with a twinkle in their eye.

Happy Holidays