okay, well technically we used a shoe...yeah...i know...you're thinking EEEEWWWW...but in our defense, it WAS a brand NEW shoe...
with six people in our family, we have not exchanged gifts before...the children each get gifts from us...and they each give to one of their cousins...but they have never given to each other.
and i thought this year it might be fun to have a FAMILY gift exchange. of course, this isn't in the budget...but that's not going to keep us from doing it.
each member of our family has drawn a name from the shoe (this part of the tradition may not stay the same next year...austin is to blame for grabbing the closest thing to him LOL).
each person will receive ONE single dollar...and an all-expenses paid trip to the DOLLAR TREE store. presents will be carefully chosen (or maybe carelessly chosen depending on who is doing the choosing) and will be wrapped and placed under the tree.
our new christmas eve tradition? open these babies up and let the laughter begin...at least that's the way it plays out in my head.
so who has who?
bobby is buying for austin.
austin is buying for jordan (this could be funny).
jordan is buying for bobby.
carson is buying for hudson.
hudson is buying for me (heaven help me...or better yet heaven help bobby who is going to have to spend countless HOURS in the dollar store while hudson makes his decision).
and lastly, i am buying for carson.
stay tuned :)
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2 comments:
I love that idea. It works way better when there are 6 of you in the family, though. But I love it. Maybe we will adopt that tradition...we could always jump to $2.00 a person since there are only 4 of us :)
great thinking and fun, as usual.
jenn
oh, you are just the coolest family ever! i was just telling ben that everytime i read your blog i want to have more kids, lol
how super fun. can't wait to hear what everyone gives/gets :)
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