Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Adria's half birthday











So we've stared something a little weird but the kids seem to like it -- we celebrate HALF birthdays as well as birthdays. Call it a chance to try to teach the joy of giving, call it just being our crazy selves, but come somebody's half birthday, we give them $10 and drop them off at the dollar store to go crazy shopping for nine people . . . but NOT for themselves. It's like Christmas on a small scale for the rest of the family, and believe it or not, the giver even has a smile though they get nothing physical other than hugs. This last time was fun as usual and some of those presents were amazingly dead-on!

5 comments:

Heidi Smith said...

That is an AWESOME idea!

Valerie and Adam said...

Cool! Sounds like fun!

April and Michael Maughan said...

Very fun!
Is everything cleaned up from your storm?

mental monika said...

Clean but not fixed. We'll get around to it after Moab and Florida. =)

Kimber said...

That's a fun idea. A great way to teach kids what it's like to give instead of get.