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I'm going to be traveling with my son this weekend, and will be doing our gift exchange at some point during that time...
It will be just the two of us exchanging gifts, so I'm feeling a little odd that it isn't a bigger family thing as far as the memories I will be making for him. He still gets the big family traditions with his mom's side of the family. We are divorced for those who dont know my situation, and my family does get together for meals... and he sees his cousins, but with no focus on gifts.
I have a little bit of a tradition that I do every year of buying him a few tools to add to his tool box so by the time he is older he will have a nice collection...
We don't do a ton of gifts or anything since I spread stuff out all through the year...
Maybe I'm just missing the old days when I went caroling and there seemed to be a lot more excitement in my family... Could be that I'm just viewing things differently as an adult?
Does anybody have ideas for making this a special memory for him? I really try to make everytime I'm with him a special memory... He is growing up so fast!
Where will you be traveling with him? There might be ideas for things to do depending on where you are going. Have you ever bought him any power tools or tools that might be unusual to have?Perhaps there might be a small tool that you could get for him that he might be ready to handle now that would make this time special because it would be the time that he received his first ___________??
Just some thoughts for you. When I was his age, I was busy fixing my own bicycle, sled, etc. I've also always had a passion for making things out of wood.
Good idea. I have picked up a few unique screwdrivers, and a hand impact screwdriver (not air or electric) for those really tight screws. A few other small tools also, to go with it, the big stuff this year is Lego stuff.
He's got a really good assortment of hand tools from the past, but he really doesn't get as much of an opportunity to use them as I would like. Some is better than none of the time I guess.
Just a thought that I have right now. What about maybe getting him an engraver? You know, the kind that has a pointed end and vibrates so that he could write his name on tools/stuff that he has that is made out of metal or wood. I always liked the one that my dad had. I have it now. What he used to use it for mainly was to mark keys. My parents owned a bunch of apartment houses.
Take him on a carriage ride, festival of lights or some other activity that can only be done at Christmas time. Use his tools to build a house for a village that you will add to each year or make father and son ornaments to hang on the tree each year, make a bird house together and let him choose who to give it to each year. You can go to Michaels, Hobby lobby or any craft store and purschase these wood cut outs if it is easier because of his age. painting does not have to be grand it could be dots or circles painted on a base color or even stain.
oneguy...When my kids were small we did not have much money for decorations. My children are about 23 months apart 3 of them. I put their binkys on the tree for ornaments, My oldest is 18 and those binkys still go on our 8 ft tree each year. Along with things that they made in school. with the exception of the ginger bread paper cut outs with rasin eyes...we had a dog that ate them. The rasins were a few year old when this happened. believe me what you make with him he will treasure and will want it on the tree each year or displayed.
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