Several years ago some good friends talked about a December
tradition where they would have what they called "gift day."
On this day the children in the family would open gifts from the parents
and then Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were set aside
for Jesus and the gift He is to us and how we can give to Him.
This idea struck a chord within Pancho and me and we decided
to begin a gift day tradition at the Duran home.
Each year we have done gift day a bit differently than the year before.
Each year we have chosen to give the kids three gifts each and we
thought it was a good idea instead of giving the gifts all at once to give them
one at a time.
We have had scavenger hunts with clues and we have done one gift at
each mealtime.
This year we decided to drag out gift day into three days.
One gift for each day.
We had some special things planned for each child this year.
Samuel and Joel have been very interested in transformers
so we purchased a set of transformers and gifted the boys the
set, helping to teach sharing and cooperation.
Katrina has been overly excited about our upcoming trip to Venezuela so we
thought we would incorporate some of that excitement into
gift day.
The final gift day gift for Katrina was exciting for all of us.
We bought her a new travel backpack, a big girl backpack, and
inside we hid a pair of earrings and a necklace.
Not just any earrings or necklace.
These were dolphin earrings and a dolphin necklace.
The final thing hidden in the backpack was a frame.
This frame did not have a picture but it had a note for Katrina
about our upcoming trip...
Can you read the special note for her?
Pancho has dreamed for years of swimming with dolphins.
In his quest for the best flight for our family to Venezuela
he found flights through Curacao, an island off the coast of Venezuela,
very economically priced.
After calculating other things, he discovered that this was the
absolute best offer we have ever found!
Once we bought the tickets we began to look for
hotels since we decided to spend two nights on the island.
He found a great hotel that is RIGHT NEXT TO a
dolphin academy.
Pancho and Katrina are registered for a dolphin encounter
the day after we arrive on the island.
Needless to say, she is over-the-top excited.
I must say, Pancho is too!
tradition where they would have what they called "gift day."
On this day the children in the family would open gifts from the parents
and then Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were set aside
for Jesus and the gift He is to us and how we can give to Him.
This idea struck a chord within Pancho and me and we decided
to begin a gift day tradition at the Duran home.
Each year we have done gift day a bit differently than the year before.
Each year we have chosen to give the kids three gifts each and we
thought it was a good idea instead of giving the gifts all at once to give them
one at a time.
We have had scavenger hunts with clues and we have done one gift at
each mealtime.
This year we decided to drag out gift day into three days.
One gift for each day.
We had some special things planned for each child this year.
Samuel and Joel have been very interested in transformers
so we purchased a set of transformers and gifted the boys the
set, helping to teach sharing and cooperation.
Katrina has been overly excited about our upcoming trip to Venezuela so we
thought we would incorporate some of that excitement into
gift day.
The final gift day gift for Katrina was exciting for all of us.
We bought her a new travel backpack, a big girl backpack, and
inside we hid a pair of earrings and a necklace.
Not just any earrings or necklace.
These were dolphin earrings and a dolphin necklace.
The final thing hidden in the backpack was a frame.
This frame did not have a picture but it had a note for Katrina
about our upcoming trip...
Can you read the special note for her?
Pancho has dreamed for years of swimming with dolphins.
In his quest for the best flight for our family to Venezuela
he found flights through Curacao, an island off the coast of Venezuela,
very economically priced.
After calculating other things, he discovered that this was the
absolute best offer we have ever found!
Once we bought the tickets we began to look for
hotels since we decided to spend two nights on the island.
He found a great hotel that is RIGHT NEXT TO a
dolphin academy.
Pancho and Katrina are registered for a dolphin encounter
the day after we arrive on the island.
Needless to say, she is over-the-top excited.
I must say, Pancho is too!
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