When back in Wisconsin, I always played gags on my older kids at Christmas.
One year, my oldest son wanted a certain pair of basketball shoes. I wrapped up one. Kept the other hidden. Another year, he got half a cue stick.
The joke with my daughter is every year
my daughter gets toe socks with the seperate spaces for her toes...the crazier the better. She doesn't like wearing them but looks forward to seeing what I come up with every year.
My third child loves heavy metal and I had my daughter tell him I got him a CD from a young kids group. I handed him the CD and he just put it down saying thanks mom and left it unopened. After giving him a couple more gifts, I rehanded him the CD which again he put down saying thanks...not opening it. I kept that up till it was the last gift and then I pretended I was upset that he hadn't opened it. He reluctantly opened it then and was suprised to see that it was the CD he actually wanted.
This year, my nine year old started snooping early for his gifts which were safely wrapped and left with my next door neighbor. But, I left a receipt from Christmas shopping on the kitchen table....a receipt I borrowed from my friend from when she did her shopping. My son told his father that he found it and my ex said our son sounded disappointed he was getting a Barbie doll, Play Dough and Hana Montana video. LOL
We can't wait to see his face tomorrow morning. I bet he doesn't wake up before the crack of dawn to open THOSE presents up!!
My best Christmas memories are that my kids call me every year to laugh and giggle about the pranks I used to play on them.
The best memory I ever had was when my daughter called me one year to talk about past Christmas memories and she said, "outside of the reason for the season, you are the second reason Christmas is so special Mom. Thanks!"
Brings tears to my eyes just typing that.
