Right now, my two lovies are asleep in their beds, hopefully dreaming peacefully of nothing in particular.

But I’m up, cause it’s only like 10 pm, and mommies don’t go to bed early! And I’m thinking about their Christmas gifts this year. I want them to be special, but I am so sick of brightly colored toys thrown all over my house.

At this point, I have a few thoughts on what I’m going to give them, and many are rather low-cost, but I figured I better throw it out there so others knew my plans if they are also thinking about what to buy my children for Christmas (obviously, those people would be family members, I’m assuming, since I don’t solicit gifts from friends, and well, family usually give gifts at Christmas–though they truly do not have to do so.)

Anyway, here’s what I’ve got right now:

Alexander:

Cars toddler bed (from Toys R Us) that is the same shape and size as Nour’s princess bed, but is, for obvious reasons, NOT a princess bed. I really like symmetry, so in spite of the different colors, the beds will “match.” I like things that match, too. (Did I mention they share a bedroom? Oh, yeah. It works quite well, most of the time.)

A fleece no-sew blanket, the ones commonly seen at Joann Fabric. (I love Joann Fabric, did you know? And I get a 40% off coupon every week.) I’m thinking some kind of Disney theme, and it has to be a big blanket, because Nour has a large one, and I want this one to be around the same size. They are so snuggly and look so very warm.

A couple pairs of fuzzy socks and probably some leg warmers to go with the fuzzy socks (boys can wear leg warmers, too! Well, if the leg warmers look like long socks, of course). Going to knit these.

A pair of fuzzy gloves. Haven’t decided on the color. These will probably not technically be a Christmas present.

A stocking filled with small gifts. I haven’t decided what the small gifts would be, but he’s not too picky, and I guess I just have to watch and see what he likes. It might be different types of crackers for all I know. Alex really likes to eat…

Nour:

A paper doll book if I can find a good one that I don’t have to cut out every single piece.

Dr. Seuss books.

Some new leggings and outfits. She’s still obsessed with dresses, and I fight her every day since it’s so cold and she can’t wear them as much. I try to make sure she has tights on, but she hates things with feet (like socks), so leggings without feet are her favorite thing right now, but she only has one pair, and they come to her knees now if she wears them right (which she doesn’t). I’m thinking about knitting her a pair if I can manage not to go insane in the process. (Knitting leggings? Are you nuts????)

New pair of green gloves (she’s into “green” right now–the color, not the movement.)

I’d also like to get her a magnetic calendar from Target or somewhere that has changeable dates and holidays and weather and stuff. They are really cool, and for the amount of stuff they do, very reasonably priced.

A stocking: Probably going to get creative with this one, too. Some of her favorite things: kool-aid drink packets, tiny notepads to write little notes on, Pringles. Very random. I might also get her some play money to play with. She’s into change, and she pretends that everything from checkers to bingo chips are money. It’s kind of annoying to find these all over the house, but at least if it was money, she might keep it in a wallet.

Anyway, this is just my current thought, I am not even sure what Sam’s thinking of right now as far as gifts, but his one biggest thing right now (okay, two) is no new toys, and absolutely no drums (bummer, I know).