- Are you ready?
- Yeah!
- You got the goods?
- Jackson, high five!
- Admire the wrapping. Who wrapped this?
(Kids chattering excitedly)
- Yay!
- This was pretty rad!
(Henry laughing)
- Thanks!
- This ones cool!
- (Laughter) Happy Holidays!
- Hi, I'm Hannah. I'm The World's OK-est Mom,
And if you're anything like me,
the holidays can stress you out a little bit.
So I have decided to go easy on myself
and let my kids do all of my holiday shopping
for our entire family. Hopefully,
they don't get anything too weird,
but we all know it's gonna be interesting for sure.
So wish me luck. So the plan is I'm going to give
the boys $50 per person. I feel like it's enough money
to get something meaningful without going overboard.
and whatever the boys choose, that's going to be
that person's gift for the holidays for real.
And I wanted this to be as much of a surprise as possible.
So especially for the gifts for me, Matt, the kids,
I let them just do the online shopping.
And I completed the checkout without looking
at what the gift was.
What are you guys doin'?
- Hmm just searching for your presents.
- The only thing I'm nervous about is
more poop memorabilia in my house.
'Cause we all know how my kids love to troll.
So first step we needed to get gifts
for my sisters. Now I have four younger sisters.
They range in age from 15 to 23.
I feel like that's a tall order to shop for,
you know, a 20 year old girl, especially
if you're a little boy. Okay guys, who is this gift for?
- Stella!
Do you know what you wanna get her?
- Yeah.
(Boys whisper to Hannah)
- Well, okay, there's only one place for us to go
for this, and we better hurry before it closes.
So let me take my all right, let's go.
I'm really close with my sisters.
We see them all the time. My boys are really close
with my sisters. So I think this just shows
how well they know them because
when we started shopping for them,
I was thinking, oh my gosh, this is spot on.
- We got the goods!
- You got the goods? Now the department
in which they needed, a lot of help was wrapping,
which I think is super funny. I personally don't really care
about gift wrapping at all. I think it's a waste
of paper, and a waste of time.
So I tend to wrap as little as possible,
but honestly it makes it way more fun
letting the kids just go crazy
with the wrapping paper and come up with whatever
they want because it makes for some really funny packages.
That's it! Let's give it to her.
- I'm so bad. Ooooh!
(children whooping with Stella)
- It's a makeup advent calendar!
This is on my Christmas list.
- What?
- Yeah!
Thank you!
- Did they do a good job Steli?
- Yes, they did a great job. Thank you!
High five. Jackson, high five.
- Then for Gabby, they made a couple stops
into different stores because she
has a little more of a broad taste.
And so they wanted to get a little bit of everything
for her. And again, something that
just screamed Gabby, which is so cool to me.
- (Jackson) Here's your presents!
- (Hannah) Wow look at that wrapping!
- Oh my god!
- (Hannah) What's this? Is this wrapping paper
in a.. (laughs)
- (Jackson)I didn't want anyone to see it so
- This ones very eficient.I liked the top choice.
Ooooh, wait this so cute!
Oh my god!
- (Hannah) What is it?
- It's a dream decoder!
- (Hannah) Dream decoder deck.
- Oh my God. This is so cool!
- Let's open another one!
(Gasps)
- Oh (laughs) thanks!
- (Hannah) It's just a ton of wrapping paper.
- Oooh.
Ooh!
Skin care! That's so nice.
- (Hannah) Did they do okay?
- They did great!
- (Hannah) Did Alfalfa do okay?
- (Gabi) Alfalfa?
- (Hannah) Turn.
- (Wyatt) Open it!
- The girls were very touched.
They were very grateful very touched.
They loved their gifts, so after I saw what they got
the girls, I really trusted them a lot more
for the rest of the gifts. Next up is the most difficult
person in our entire family to shop for take a wild guess.
- That's amazing.
- (Hannah) Yeah, it's Matt.
Matt is particular. He is particular about
his likes or dislikes. He has kind of bougie tastes.
So if it's difficult for me to find something for him,
I can't imagine how tough it must be for the boys
to try to find something for him.
Or I could go the totally opposite direction
where I am overthinking his gifts,
And maybe the boys have an easier time
because they're just buying from the heart.
- Ooooh.
- (Jackson) It's two items.
- Number one Dad and a mug!
- (Jackson) But you need to see what the mug is.
- Is it a cactus mug?
- (Jackson) Uh huh.
- Yes it is! A cactus mug!
- There's a really lengthy to explain inside joke
in our family where we call him cactus.
Not because he's a prick. I mean.. no. (laughs)
- This is cool. Thank you guys.
- (Kids) You're welcome!
- Number one Dad
- (Hannah) Will you actually use that mug?
- Yeah, sure.
- (Hannah) Are you sure?
- It's a mug and it's clean. I will use it.
- He's always drinking coffee.
He loves his coffee. He loves coffee mugs.
So it was a really great gift.
- (Hannah) That's cute! You guys!
- Yay!
High five. Wyatt high five buddy!
- So maybe I am overthinking it
and I should just ask the boys
what to get him from now on because
he really enjoyed the gift and it went really well.
Now, next is me and I really am not a huge gift person.
I don't like receiving gifts. I love to give gifts.
So I was curious to see what the boys were going to get
because I maybe I'm difficult to shop for too,
cause I just don't really need anything.
First, let's admire the wrapping who wrapped this?
- Me and Wyatt
- Jackson was the one who wrapped it.
- There are some spoilers in this wrapping.
Ohhh. Oooh.
- It's a crystal tree!
- It looked way bigger
- Oh! This is so pretty! Its got like a titanium
crystal on the bottom. Are these amethysts
on the top? Hey! Hey! Hey!
Thank you so much! You guys know how much I love crystals.
- I love crystals. So it was, so me,
it's the one thing that I will never have enough of.
I think I've made it really clear that I'm obsessed with
crystals. I mean, my whole house is covered in them.
I love to forage for them. We go hunting
for crystals together. As a family,
we went to court site to the crystal shop
on our trip to the Grand Canyon and the boys
have definitely picked up on it.
That I'll never say no to a crystal.
No matter how many I have. I didn't know
I got a second part to my gift.
- (Wyatt) Yep.
- Aw it's so cute! Thank you this my mug.
No, this is mine. I'm no longer
The World's OK-est Mom, I'm the number one mom. So.
Oh, I love this mug. Thank you boys
so much Yay! So cute that it said number one mom,
because they tell me all the time.
They're like, you're not the OK-est mom
You're the best mom. So it means a lot to me.
So up next was Henry.
- No, Henry that's not the present.
What's in there? Oh is that a moon?
Henry, moon!
- So they got him a moon lamp,
like a personal rubber lamp shaped like a moon,
which is so thoughtful, and there's a deeper meaning
to this too, because the moon obsession
runs deep. To the point that if it's a new moon,
and we can't go outside to say goodnight to it,
he has a, full-blown like smacked down tantrum.
And so for those nights, when the moon isn't out,
we can have his little moon lamp
and you can hold it and say goodnight to it.
And it's actually super helpful for everyone.
- (Hannah) What Is that?
- Moonlight.
- (Hannah) Moonlight?
- Yellow.
- (Hannah) Yellow. All right. It's the moment
you've been waiting for. What did the boys
get for each other? They had this $50 budget.
So they were able to get each other two things.
- Okay lets open it.
- (Hannah) You wanna help him?
- It looks cool.
- (Henry Babbles excitedly)
- Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Yeah!
I wanted to oh my gosh that's so bad!
This one's cool!
- So Jackson got a spaceship, little toy brick set,
which I guess he had told Wyatt he wanted
and marked it in a little catalog.
So that was really cute. That Wyatt remembered
that and got it for him. Cause he was super excited
to build it right away.
- Hmmm Jackson. It's a kids watch!
- Yep. Let me help you.
And then Jackson got Wyatt, a watch,
which if you know Wyatt, you know, he is very into style,
he's a style icon. And so he has been coveting a watch
for a very long time, but he wants a really good looking
watch and Wyatt was thrilled. It was the cutest thing to see
cause he was so in awe of this watch,
he wears it everyday. He sleeps in it.
He uses it all the time. It lights up, he can set timers.
It's a little stopwatch too. He's obsessed.
- Thank you so much!
- Jackson even made a card for Wyatt on the wrapping.
That was so sweet and thoughtful.
He folded it up all cute, and it was just a really sweet
touch to add to the gift.
- (Wyatt) Happy Holidays!
- ( Hannah) Aw very cute.
- Because I ended up having to help them
through a little bit of this purchasing process.
I knew what they were giving each other,
and they were giving each other the exact same thing.
- (Hannah) So 1, 2, 3.
- Ooooh!
- Oooh! Yeah, it's a new shockwave pump.
- Oh my gosh! This is so cool!
- (Hannah) Look at what you got Wyatt.
- We got the same thing!
- Because the boys are homeschooled right now.
They're together 24/7 they're together all the time.
And it has been really awful in some ways
where they're really sick of each other,
and they get on each other's nerves.
But it's also been really special in some ways
where they really confide in each other
and they talk about their interests,
and they talk about shared interests and their
hopes and dreams and all of that.
So this was a reflection to me of all the time they've spent
together how well they know each other now and how close
they are so that was it for the family.
But we weren't done giving just yet.
We have one other holiday tradition. We do it every year.
This is the third year in a row, and it is so meaningful
to us. So we had to include it.
So for the past three years during the holiday season,
I ask my Instagram followers
to send me their holiday wishlist.
And so I set aside money through the year
to my little wishlist fund.
And then I get to as many wishlists
as I possibly can until the money runs out.
So you know how every year I do the Amazon wishlist
and I let people submit their wishlist for gifts?
And I usually just uh do a lot of them myself.
- Uh huh.
`Well today for this holiday gift,
you get to go through someone's wishlist
and choose the gifts for another kid or kids.
Are you ready?
- Yes!
Okay. So let's scroll through.
- So usually this is a whole family thing
that we do together, but because I'm letting
the boys do the holiday shopping,
I let them go through a bunch of the wishlist
and handpick items that they thought
other kids would enjoy, which was so fun for them.
They honestly had more fun shopping on the wishlist than
shopping for everyone's gifts.
I think the significance of letting the boys
do the holiday shopping is first of all,
understanding the value of a dollar,
But most importantly, it's about putting other people first.
How did you feel about this week?
- It was really fun.
- What did you think about giving the gifts?
- Good.
- Do you think everybody liked them?
- Yeah.
- And do you know what's more important than gifts?
- What
- What?
- Giving.
- Giving?
- Spending time with family!
- Family!
- And drinking hot chocolate.
- Thank you for all the gifts guys.
Thank you so much. I loved it. Whoa! Bleh!
(Laughs)
- So that's all for now. I'm wishing you and your loved ones
and amazing and happy holiday season,
and tune in for some really exciting news
coming next year. Hint, hint,
you've been asking for this for a very long time.
Now if you'll please excuse me.
The Number One Mom has some coffee to drink.
Til next time. Cheers.
(upbeat music)