Gifts Made and Sent with Lots of Love

For Christmas each year, the wonderful grandparents in the boys' lives get some special gifts. 
I am posting this one after December 30th, which is when were to see Nana & Bumpa up North.  We can't ruin the surprise!  :-)

This year, Connor's gifts to them were Russell Stover's chocolates.  Mmmmm! 
With Ramsey still being a little guy, we decided to make home made pictures, with frames.

I found a fun little post on Pinterest that I decided to copy; Rudolph with Christmas lights, tangled in his antlers.  Rudolph's head and antlers were Ramsey's little hand.

We did a practice run on a regular sheet of tablet paper, to ensure we had adequate paint coverage.

 We did enough for the grandparents, plus an extra for our fridge.  I drew on Rudolph's eyes, nose, the Christmas lights, and a little greeting.

 Then, I put them in some 11x14 frames with 8x10 mats, which I had customized for the grandparents.   I figured new art work could be placed in the frames later on.

 And, a gift from both boys were snow globes with their pictures inside, with "Merry Christmas 2017" written on the base.

 We had a few different pictures of the boys, but the one below was my favorite.  They were actually singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (and enacting the twinkling stars with their hands) during picture time.  When you shake the globes, it looks like they're reaching out and grabbing for the glitter and "snow".

Christmas is such a special time of year, no doubt.  We are very thankful for our special parents/grandparents who have guided us and been there with us every step of the way.