Comments on: The First Day of Ayyam-i-Ha http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/1987 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sholeh http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/1987/comment-page-1#comment-10527 Sholeh Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:29:57 +0000 http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/?p=1987#comment-10527 Pooneh, that is fantastic! I love the ideas. Thanks for sharing. Pooneh, that is fantastic! I love the ideas. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: pooneh http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/1987/comment-page-1#comment-10524 pooneh Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:40:35 +0000 http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/?p=1987#comment-10524 oh - I forgot - we also combed through the house the week before and put together two large bags (hefty size!) of things to give away - the kids chose several toys each to add to the pile by themselves so that they could understand the giving part as well as the getting part. oh – I forgot – we also combed through the house the week before and put together two large bags (hefty size!) of things to give away – the kids chose several toys each to add to the pile by themselves so that they could understand the giving part as well as the getting part.

]]> By: pooneh http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/1987/comment-page-1#comment-10523 pooneh Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:38:22 +0000 http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/?p=1987#comment-10523 We really didn't do much as kids - but now that I have kids and have to try to 'compete' with Christmas, we are doing more: Decorating the house with paper chains and balloons a small gift beside their bed every morning (balloons, hershey kisses, outlandish socks, little toys) some gifts to open every day plus they get other treats that we usually don't allow - like chocolate in the morning, or getting to eat out more than once a week. I also sent a little description to my oldest one's school and have decided that next year, we'll do cookies for the whole class - just didn't think of it early enough to actually do it this year. We really didn’t do much as kids – but now that I have kids and have to try to ‘compete’ with Christmas, we are doing more:

Decorating the house with paper chains and balloons
a small gift beside their bed every morning (balloons, hershey kisses, outlandish socks, little toys)
some gifts to open every day

plus they get other treats that we usually don’t allow – like chocolate in the morning, or getting to eat out more than once a week.

I also sent a little description to my oldest one’s school and have decided that next year, we’ll do cookies for the whole class – just didn’t think of it early enough to actually do it this year.

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