Over Thanksgiving break, the kids and I worked on their Christmas letters to Santa. We got a free gift upon purchase of a small Lego stationary set so the kids used that.
Kip wrote his own letter this year all by himself and Ivy wrote thank you and her name.
Question, what do parents do when one kid asks for expensive things and the other asks for cheap? At this age I feel like they care more about things being visually equal so the same number of presents to open. BUT, Kip's Santa gifts are $100+ and Ivy's are like a sum total of $40.
What do I do? Equal number or equal value?
Anyways, on Wednesday night the Teacher's Association hosted a Polar Express movie night. It wasn't very well attended but they put in a good effort. The kids got pirates booty for the movie, at intermission they served cookies and milk, and at the end each kid got to take home a Polar Express ticket with a sleigh bell. Super cute family event.
After the movie, we drove over to the Santa mail box in town to hand deliver our letters.
I think I mentioned this before, but this family collects Santa letters and sends back a letter in the mail. It's super generous and very cute. Plus, they decorate their property really fun. The kids in town love it.
We still have to go visit Santa as well but we like to put in a letter for good measure.
This is so cute!
ReplyDeleteAs a parent of kids who sometimes fall into the same category of expensive & cheaper, I go by "visual representation" while they're young enough not to notice. When mine are old enough to understand true dollar amounts compared to each other's lists, I'll adjust at that time. It's a tough issue, for sure though.