Pop Quiz: What store three days before Christmas has amazing deals on books and toys and is practically empty?
Answer: Your local thrift store, or at least mine was!
We started a new tradition this year with our children.
Big D wanted to teach our children about giving to each other and not just receiving. He came up with this idea about 4 days before Christmas. We had already spent more than we had decided on and dragging three kids into a store at this point sounded like a ' fun' day at Disneyland on Thanksgiving break. I was feeling a wee bit stressed, though I didn't disagree with the gesture.
After my sons basketball game, we decided to take a trip to the thrift store to look at aquariums. My oldest son has been dying to get a bearded dragon. I'm not to keen on the idea, another story...Anyhow, while we were in there I had the idea, 'why don't the kids pick out their gifts for each other here?' I mean what other store 3 days before Christmas is empty and has amazing deals on books and toys?
After a bit of rummaging we found some amazing gifts that all the kids genuinely enjoyed.
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| Bolt: Sanitized in the Front Loader, the 2 year old has a new obsession with him. |
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| Firetruck: Added some new batteries and its louder and more obnoxious than you'd expect! |
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| 8 year old LOVES all of these! Paper airplane book was never used. |
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| For my Barbie Lover |
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| Pirate Ship, you can't go wrong. |
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