It doesn't really make sense to me to spend a bunch of money on Hanukkah gifts for an almost 3 year old and a 6 month old. These kids get gifts every month or two when they see grandparents or other family members. They are constantly getting new toys and clothes. Both just got a whole wack of stuff because both sets of grandparents came to visit within less than a week of each other. And there wasn't any particular occasion. Don't get me wrong. I personally LOVE getting presents, and even though we kind of fought it at first, I've decided that I don't want to be that person who doesn't let my child receive gifts. But we do worry about them learning to expect stuff as a result.
But I do love to give gifts, and since the little dude is all about the alphabet these days, this seemed like a good idea, and one that will help him to learn his lower case letter to boot. These are painted rocks.
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| These bad boys are going to be both a matching game AND magnets to be used on a cookie sheet for mucho spelling fun down the line. I think they'll be too heavy to be on a fridge, since they're rocks. Each set will have an image to help him find matches. When I finish them, I'll turn them over and hot glue magnets onto them so that they can be flipped over to create a matching game. |
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| Since I loved the colour scheme of the rock magnet/matching game, I decided to reproduce the whole darn thing as a canvas for the kids' room. This is far from complete. Anybody have any funny suggestions for pictures? |
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| This is my abyssmal knitting. Since I have other projects on the go, it has gotten short shrift. Can you see those giant holes? I was pretty horrified when I realized that my knitting teacher was relieved when I told her I'd need to miss a week. Her response was to say, "Well, that's probably for the best. You could really use the extra practice." Ho, SNAP! I got SERVED. But she was dead right. And in two weeks, I've practiced for exactly zero minutes. |
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