The biggest Christmas gift I worked on this year was for my mom. While she & my dad were off celebrating their Silver Anniversary in Costa Rica...
My sister Nicole & I (with Dad as our financial backer) were re-doing her downstairs back at home. Yes, my sister lives 5 hours away in NC and we have 3 little ones between us. We plotted & schemed for weeks leading up to it, organizing babysitters, buying groupons, & planning purchases. She drove down with her baby girl and stopped at IKEA on the way (so wonderful on a budget!). Wonderful friends pitched in to help watch our kids (and enjoy Eowyn's dress-up clothes):
Eowyn & I baked dinners & breakfasts-to-go ahead of time:
And we did it!! We hired a painter to repaint the stairwell & upstairs hallway, we hung a wall of pictures, we framed and arranged family portraits & artwork Mom's "always wanted to hang", bought new furniture (found at TJ Maxx, Craigslist, Marshall's & Hobby Lobby), and many more small tasks.
Mom. Was. Thrilled.
Score for Dad. :)
That was such a great idea! I saw the video you posted on Facebook - she was definitely surprised.
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