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The first of the 5 Gift Challenge that I wanted to tackle was the something to wear. For my little fashonista (E) I knew this would be pretty easy. She loves clothes, and feeling pretty. For my big guy I knew it would be more of a challenge- he doesn’t really care for clothing, doesn’t get excited about it.
To complete any of the 5 gifts requires you to really start to pay attention to patterns. What are they wearing? What are they playing with? What do they enjoy? This has become fun for me to try to do.. You know what else? A super happy side effect has occurred. In the past I would do the bulk of the Christmas Shopping alone, and RNYD would pick up a few little things (stuff for me and then something for each kid). This week after I explained the plan and we decided to go ahead with it, we actually SAT AND DISCUSSED the gifts together. Decided what was a good idea and what was a bad idea. We made purchases together and it felt good.
Here’s what we chose:
Little (E), who is 4, adores her “baby dolls” AND she adores clothing. We decided to go ahead and purchase some “dollie and me” outfits for her. She is getting a pajama set and an every day outfit. See the ones we chose below:
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(A), who is 7, was more difficult. He’s not really “in to” what he wears. Hes concientous don’t get me wrong, but for the most part, what I buy him he will wear. I had to start paying attention to what he was choosing. This was a great tactic. This past summer he went to Lacrosse camp for the first time, and loved it. He plans to play this spring. I noticed that he chooses to wear his Vilanova Lacrosse t-shirt very often. So we decided to purchase him a Lacrosse outfit from another competitive college, Maryland.
If you are interested in purchasing you can either CLICK HERE or click the image above.
If you are interested in purchasing you can either CLICK HERE or click the image above.
I was super worried at fist that little (E)’s “Something to Wear” was more expensive than (A)’s, and then we came to the realization that it was OK, because there are other areas of the challenge that (A) will be more “in to” that he may get a little extra from. It will all even out in the end, AND since we are really thinking about the gifts and making them more meaningful, the money portion of it doesn’t matter, what matters is that they love and appreciate their 5 gifts.
If you missed our previous post explaining our “5 Gift Challenge” Please CLICK HERE.
