The Puddles

We made our goal.  We made presents for everyone.  The kids and I that is.  Madie knitted a hat for Ainsley and put all of Ben’s lego directions into a binder that she created.  Ben decorated a box for Madie’s doll clothes and he “designed” a princess apron for Ainsley’s doll.  Ainsley painted pictures for all of her family.  We made shrinky dink necklaces for the girls in the family.  We made seek and find bottles for the toddlers.  We created a book, “Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?” using our family as characters.  That turned out really cute.  We made lipgloss for everyone.  Madie decoupaged the containers for the lipgloss. Ben made butterfly houses for the grandparents. He nailed them together with Dad and painted them with Mom.  Made sewed a shoulder bag for Megan. (Really cute!).  I knitted hats for everyone.  But I really enjoyed sewing superman capes for the niece and nephew and an A&M dress and tutu outfit for Gracie.  The princess/supergirl cape for the  niece didn’t go over well.  But everything else was a success.  Plus I think I had more fun making all of it than anyone did receiving it.

Our favorite gift of all was the present for Daddy.  The kids made lists of every word they could think of that described Daddy.  Then they typed all of the words into an online program to create a beautiful picture.  Then the program puts the words together to form a picture.  In our case it was a heart . . . you have to see it to understand.  But it is cool.  Plus Daddy can hang it in his office and look at his accolades in the heart to know what is really important.