It's baaaack!

Here are the links to the other two posts about the leg lamp as a Christmas gag gift, for those of you who don't know the whole story.

Last night I was putting some stuff away in our guest room closet when I noticed an odd looking box.



Now the only question is, do we set the lamp up in their front window when they go on vacation? Or is our Christmas shopping done for them for next year?

Update to the Gag Gift

As promised, here are the pictures of my parent's opening their gag gift.

My husband found a site that allows you to make your own Western Union telegram so we make up one that said, "Have won major award will be delivered tonight stop".

We put the telegram in a gift bag from PF Chang's.

Reading the telegram....

Mom realizes what the gift is.... She doesn't look too happy. She kept repeating, "Oh no, oh no, oh no. They got us a leg lamp."

Dad realizes what it is.... He looks considerably happier than mom did.

Mom and Dad admiring their new lamp. Well, admiring may be putting a slightly positive spin on it.

Mom kept saying they were going to leave the lamp here for Doodlebug's room, but in the end Dad packed it in the car. I wonder if they put it up in their house.

Christmas Gifts

Doodlebug and I go to the YMCA about 5 times a week. He loves it there. As soon as we get out of the car he starts to grin, wave his arms up and down and babbles away. When I hand him over at Child Watch he giggles and usually starts giving out hugs kisses to whoever takes him. These ladies are so wonderful to him and we wanted to give something back this Christmas to let them know how much we appreciate them. But with Christmas on a budget and a rotation of nine workers, that could be a difficult thing.

Hmm...I could bake cookies or brownies or something. But everyone gets so many of those during the holidays and I'm allergic to the flour anyway. Let's see...what else? I bet they also get way too many Christmas ornaments too. And do they really want to put something from my child on their tree year after year? Probably not. I'd really love to give them something so they could pamper themselves a bit. Most of them are moms, and we moms don't get a lot of time for pampering. But a gift basket is too expensive....

Then I read about a gift suggestion of bath salts. They are super easy, inexpensive and would allow the ladies to be pampered a bit during the holidays.

This is all you need.

Epsom salts (I paid less than $4 for a 4 pound container at Target.)
Some type of container (We are using baby food jars but any container would work.)
Food coloring (Optional. We used red and green to make it look more festive.)
Essential oil (Optional. We're using peppermint since we have this already and it seems pretty festive.)

Pour Epsom salts in a large jar or ziploc bag. Add food coloring and essential oils and close jar or bag tightly. Shake vigorously until all the food coloring is evenly disbursed. If you are using more than one color I would highly recommend pouring the salts out onto a plate at this point and allowing them to dry several hours.




Once the salts are dry pour into your gift containers and decorate or wrap as needed. You might want to include a label and/or instructions for use.


Voila! An inexpensive Christmas gift.