Secret Santa

Our ward did a Secret Santa thing this week. Each night we would give a gift to a family. At the end of the week we reveal who we are. We also got a gift each night from a family. My kids loved it.. both the giving and receiving. Jonah dressed up like a burglar (all in black with a black ski cap and black gloves) and we had our walkie-talkies to communicate. We would drop him off a couple of houses away, and get into position. Joe would 'radio' to Jonah that he could go. Jonah would 'stealthily' ring the doorbell and run and hide! We would wait in position until we saw in the binoculars that the package had been picked up, and then we would radio to Jonah that it was safe to return to the truck. We all had such fun! The things we did for gifts were:

microwave popcorn with a note that said: We hope your holidays are "POP"-in!

2 liter Rootbeer and vanilla ice cream: We're "ROOT"-in for you to have a Merry Christmas!

A bag of rocks: We hope your Christmas "ROCKS!"but we also put in a coloring book and a snowman figurine from the dollar store

a plate of cookies: May your holiday be filled with Sweetness!

and the final day, we gave them a whisk and some Hershey Kisses.
When they opened the door, we came from the side of the house singing "We "WHISK" you a Merry "KISS"-mas!"

On Friday, the doorbell rang in the late afternoon, and when Jonah answered it, his jaw dropped! I wondered what could cause such a reaction so I looked out and this is what we found!

We opened the door and I was trying to think of the people that had babies from our ward. The family came from the side of our house singing. We all got a good laugh. They didn't let us keep the baby, but they did give us this: