New Tradition

In our family for Christmas, we get 3 presents for each person. They generally end up being a stack of books (1 present), a toy (1 present) and something else (1 present)...you know, for the kids. (Dan and I get 3 presents each - but they just depend on what we need/want). This year, we decided to start a new tradition!

Here's what we did: We went to Toys R Us here and had a set price limit of 1,000B ($30USD) per kid. 1 of the kids went with Dan to Baskin' Robbins (yup, we have them here in Thailand) and the other 2 came with me to shop for a present for the 3rd! Does that make sense? Then we rotated, which meant that each kid got to have an ice cream date with Daddy and the other 2 chose out a present for the 3rd! They all had a blast and I didn't coach them on what to get at all. It was fun to see them pick out a present for the 3rd.

Kylie went first to get ice cream with Daddy


While the big kids and I shopped for her


Then Megan got ice cream with Dan


It took these 2 all of 1 minute to choose Megan's gift. We had to waste time looking in Toys R Us so that Megan would have enough time to eat her ice cream!


Then Jack got to have his date with Dan

While the girls picked out something for Jack!

It was a great time and, I think, the start of a new tradition. We'll also continue it out to the kids going with Dan to pick out something for me (they already picked something out for him that evening when he wasn't looking)! It was a riot seeing how long/short it took for the kids to find presents for each other...and so far, no one has blabbed about it to the others what their present is! Hopefully that will last until Christmas!