Secret Santa Gifts Revealed

You may remember a post I wrote this past December about the kids doing a secret santa exchange. If not, check out that post here. Well, it was great seeing how they each picked gifts for one another and how they used their own money. Here are the gifts revealed:

Zack's gift was given to him by Walker. Walker's first idea was a slinky, then he went to a microphone, but when he saw this dinosaur, he couldn't resist. Zack loves him! (Walker did lots of extra chores around the house to earn the cash for his gift.)

Christian's gift was given to him by Karizma. She seemed to know exactly what to get him, and he has been playing with that overgrown frisbee EVERYDAY. It is a family favorite, actually. (Karizma used some of her birthday money to bless her little brother.)

Walker's gift was given to him by Miguel. Miguel also knew exactly what his little brother would want. If you could only see all the little circle marks all over the windows at our house. They have even tried to get Daddy between the eyes with this nerf shot gun. (Miguel used some of his allowance to buy his gift for Walker.)

Karizma's gift was given to her by Christian. Tim took him shopping for it. I had told Tim to make sure and let Christian pick it out all by himself. He said that Christian wanted to get her a game. They went to the game aisle at Target, and he saw the Deal or No Deal box and went for that one right away. He knows Karizma well. I love that they do know their siblings so well and I will do the secret santa thing every year from now on. (Christian had no cash, did no extra chores, but picked the most expensive gift by far.)

Miguel's gift was given to him by our little Zack. I took Zack to Walmart and stuck him in the middle of the aisle way by paper products. Not on purpose...just happened to be there when I remembered that he still had not picked out his gift for his big brother. I didn't think he would get the idea of the secret santa, but went through the motions anyway. "Now, Zack, you have to pick a gift for Miguel, ok? Whatever you want, ok, Buddy?" He listened, and started to walk past the paper towels, paper plates. He turned the corner and walked past cleaning products. I asked him, "See anything for Miguel yet?" He did not answer, but had a certain determination in his step. I thought to myself, this could go on forever. He rounded that aisle and was about to head down aisle #3, when he stopped, turned to one of the end bins. You know, the ones that usually have stuff on sale or clearance...except that this one had air freshener on it. He stops, studies the shelves, and says, very clearly I might add, "This one!" and picks the 'fresh linen' scent. I was laughing so hard, I am sure everyone in Walmart heard me and thought I was some mad woman standing in front of the Glade products. We all got a HUGE laugh out of it on Christmas morning, because the gift was just so fitting. Love you, Miguel. So, even the littlest of the crew knew what the secret santa experience entailed, and I doubt anyone could have done a better job!! (Zack used some of the birthday money he had just received to pay for that lovely can of spray.)

Next Christmas' exchange should be really funny since one of the kids will only be 5 months old. However, I doubt any exchange will ever top Zack's pick for Miguel this year. It still makes me crack up...