Happy Ayyam-i-Ha!
This Ayyam-i-Ha rocked! Around Dec Jody and I decided that it was high time to real in the Xmas thing here and to place our focus on Ayyam-i-Ha and Naw Ruz. So we made a plan. I just wanted to make sure that we didnt transfer that over stressed, over spending, crazy making Xmas thing onto another day. We did really well.
For starters we decorated a little. We made a list of people to give modest gifts to. It was kind of our theme. In a Yahoo group of mine a woman wrote about how her family kept their gifts "modest". I really like this. So did the kids.
We gave small gifts to some friends but not everyone we know. Jody and I went to dinner alone as a gift to one another. The kids each got 4 gifts. This year Ayyam-i-Ha was actually 5 days but just did 4 nights of gifts. The first night they got random things like....Maya got a book and a Leap frog game, Ben got long wanted slippers and Elanee and Vayda got a CD of very hip n happenin Baha'i music to share.
Another night was a theme night. Books for all. Then there was a second theme day.....food. I know thats wierd but these kids dont see much that isnt home made and organic so Ben got peanut butter crunch cereal, Elanee got pringles, Vayda got Kraft mac n cheese and Maya got Teddy grahms. They were thrilled!!!! Beyond thrilled when they heard that no one was to mooch and no one had to share!
On the final night Ben got a write and wipe board, Maya got a Bop it game and Leap frog game and Elanee and Vayda got custom necklaces with their names in stainless steal.
Oh- one cool thing is that all of Mayas toys were recycled....Ebay and hand me downs. Cool.
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