Today we started off by tidying up three days of 'no jobs'. This place was a MESS!! (Don't walk past the lounge door or you'll find the rest of it.
In keeping with the theme of "giving" I got the children wrapping gifts. If you are the recipient of one of these gifts I apologize in advance. It is a great fine motor skills development and silks in wrapping. They've done one on their own, helping each other (working together), and helped me. After the first one each with me they've pretty much done the rest themselves. I'm (obviously) not fussed on the presentation and perfection of these wrapped gifts. The children are pleased.
Gift Tips:
One Tip: Wrap all your families gifts with one or two types of paper and the other family in a different pattern for ease of working out who's are who's.
The wrapping paper I bought was from 4? Years ago. I got 25m rolls for 50cents after the Christmas sales in the New Year. I bought several rolls and just can't seem to use them up. Still. Some are usable for birthdays.
Don't buy your sticky tape last minute. It's expensive. Also don't let little kids play with sticky tape. You'll find it everywhere stuck to things and they will have no mercy. Making it all gone and you needing to buy more. Expensive stuff.
Try not to let toddlers near the scissors. They will take it upon themself to teach themselves how to use them and snip just about anything in sight.
Wrap a gift or two a day leading up to Christmas. You'll still be wrapping them but atleast you won't be piled high in gifts needing wrapping.
Keep gifts up higher than high. High is still reachable. Trust me.
Don't think that because unwrapped items are in an unmarked box that little people won't find them accidentally. They will. And proceed to play with them.
If someplace asks you if you want it wrapped the answer is ALWAYS yes!!
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