Last week, Lindsey and Randi brought up a great topic for this time of year: gifts for their little ones. Now, Wes and I both have small families, but Zoë is the only great grandchild, grandchild, niece, and our only daughter. I will admit that, from time to time, we've found ourselves "spoiling" her, but it's hard not to! I just want to give her everything that I can. That said, we still maintain modesty in our gift giving.
I really liked Lindsey's way of choosing gifts, and it was actually exactly what we did last year and for her first birthday as well. This Christmas, however, I'm choosing to do no toys. She already has a lot of toys (most of which are educational, but a toy is still a toy). I'm choosing, instead, to make our holiday, this year, homemade.
I haven't quite decided on everything I'll make her, but I've been noticing that she's really into drawing/coloring and when I was trying to make dough ornaments yesterday (fail, by the way), she was really into the dough. I had made her play dough months ago, but she was not a fan. So, perhaps I'll try that again and make her some paints or chalk.
I will say there are a couple of things we're buying. We have already bought her some clothes, and I plan on buying her a book as well. When I was growing up, my mom used to get us a book for birthdays and Christmas and she'd write a sentiment inside the cover. I plan on doing this for Zoë. I meant to start this last year, but, well, I didn't get around to it.
Anyway, that's our plan. Perhaps that will be our new family tradition. At least one homemade gift per year. What are your holiday traditions?
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