Gifts for my sons...the ring bearers.

marytrevor

My twin boys are going to be 8 when I marry my fiancee. They are my world and will make our wedding day complete. We chose to have them as ring bearers, a special part of the wedding, because even though my fiancee is marrying "us"- it is just mine and his wedding. I still want them to feel special. They are just like normal 7 year old boys, but with a very close bond/love with their mother. I don't want to get them just a normal gift for being ring bearers, but want to think of something unique and special..... Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

trix1223

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[QUOTE]My twin boys are going to be 8 when I marry my fiancee. They are my world and will make our wedding day complete. We chose to have them as ring bearers, a special part of the wedding, because even though my fiancee is marrying "us"- it is just mine and his wedding. I still want them to feel special. They are just like normal 7 year old boys, but with a very close bond/love with their mother. I don't want to get them just a normal gift for being ring bearers, but want to think of something unique and special..... Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Posted by marytrevor[/QUOTE]

First of all, just for future reference, you don't have a fiancee.  You're the fiancee in the relationship.  =)  He's your fiance.

Now~do you really think that internet strangers can give you better advice for a gift for your own sons than you can?  The gift doesn't have to be wedding related or a keepsake.  Those won't mean anything to a 7 year old boy. 

What do they like?  Give them that.  And one other thing:  I know very, very few kids that don't have a "special bond/love with their mother."  I get that you love your kids and they love you.  Just like every other mother and child(ren).

Good luck.

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Trix always has good advice. You should listen to her.

Besides, at that age, they aren't going to understand the importance of anything nice, they are just going to want to play with and use it. That is pretty typical of kids that age.

OP: please use plain black text when you post a thread, the colored text is really hard to read

lalap69

Ditto Trix.  The gift should be for them, not for you.  Something sentimental and symbolic is going to mean something to you, to them it's just going to be a present they can't play with.  You're their mom, you should know what they like.  As we say about WP presents on the WP board - shop like it's their birthday!

jnc1113

My son is 10, so he's a little bit older than your boys, and he's our best man.  For his gifts, we are getting him a handful of little things that relate to his favorite things and some of his favorite things to do with us - he and FI play with Legos together so Legos, we all play Beatles Rock Band together so a Beatles t-shirt, etc.  The gifts have meaning in that they relate to things we do, but they are still things fun and cool enough for a 10 year old.  Is there someplace you, your FI and the boys like to go together or something you like to do as a family?  If you get things that relate to that, but like PPs said, that will be fun for them, it'll be a perfect compromise.

marytrevor

I appreciate all the advice.