Nov from Mary to AmyF - Silly tip No. 2

I keep forgetting to do foxy designs on Amy's envelope. There are so many cute foxy images out there. And I need to make a note to find other *screaming* images and appropriate that idea. Maybe I'll get that done and add onto this post at a later date. 

This concludes Mary Week - thanks Mary for sending images of your November mail. I know I have a whole folder of past mail from you - I rather like the idea of showing your mail that inspires me along with my version. Maybe that will happen.

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Silly Tip No. 2

Hmmmm. The caffeine seems to have worn off. This might be a very short series. The only tip I can think of is not silly, and it's probably something everyone has already heard and implements as needed.

If you have kids that get a little crazed over the wrapped gifts and they seem like the types who will start tearing corners... rather than put tags on the gifts - mark them with secret codes. It can be a word written on the back - or a sticker. If you choose words, pick a random word for each kid. Alex gets the word Bear, Ben gets the word Mouse, Colin get's the word Bird - then when it's time to open gifts, they find out who gets the *Bear* gifts -- and so on.

Or you can get a pack of stickers --- and choose a particular sticker for each person - even a pack of different colored star stickers would work - Alex get's the red stars, Ben gets the green stars, and so on.