Tamera C
I am going to make a basket full of stuff that "old people" need. I have a few ideas but I would love to hear what everyone can come up with. Thank you in advance!
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dont forget the depends under garments
a rock because you know it was his/her favorite childhood toy
a lighter/matches because you know they didnt have fire when they were a kid
maybe you can draw something on a rock and say it was there childhood artwork from the cave wall were they grew up
pill ideas from above are good to
thats good stuff have fun with it
dont forget the depends under garments
a rock because you know it was his/her favorite childhood toy
a lighter/matches because you know they didnt have fire when they were a kid
maybe you can draw something on a rock and say it was there childhood artwork from the cave wall were they grew up
pill ideas from above are good to
thats good stuff have fun with it
Your thoughts on Christmas presents for your kids?
tagi_65
OK, DH and I grew up very differently with regard to Christmas. Mine was almost obscene in the amount and cost of gifts I received - my parents spent far too much, and then I received gifts from other family members. He received one Santa gift, one gift from his mom and dad and then whatever any other family members got him.
I absolutely do NOT want my children to have the same Christmases I grew up with. I recognize them as being indulgent and probably in some sense an attempt to make up for other things that were lacking in the parent-child relationship.
However, DH wants to give our kids one gift from us and one gift from Santa and then whatever other family members get them. I don't want to do that either.
I think there's a happy medium. We have adopted the one-gift from Santa rule, but I don't think it's bad to have 4-6 gifts from Mom and Dad plus a stocking for the kids, do you? I'm not talking extravagant gifts.
What do you think? How does your family do it?
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Well, the way our house does it...
1) the kids get one or two decent presents from mom and dad. It's usually the most expensive item.
2) everything else under the tree (usually about 8 each, and not very expensive items, $5-$10 each) comes from Santa.
3) the only other people they get presents from are their grandparents and my mom sends money. Usually around $20-30 per kid. Hubby's mom takes me with her shopping and we get what we can for $50 each. It may be one big present or lots of little stuff.
When we grew up, hubby and I never got much for Christmas. My mom was too poor with 5 girls to do very much. Hubby's dad was the grinch in the flesh.
We decided our kids would have a nice Christmas, but I don't spend much. Our kids don't get hardly anything toy wise during the year and they don't have lots of aunts and uncles and other family members to give them anything. Their gifts come from us and the 2 grandmas only. If the other family members got involved, ours would be scaled back a little.
Well, the way our house does it...
1) the kids get one or two decent presents from mom and dad. It's usually the most expensive item.
2) everything else under the tree (usually about 8 each, and not very expensive items, $5-$10 each) comes from Santa.
3) the only other people they get presents from are their grandparents and my mom sends money. Usually around $20-30 per kid. Hubby's mom takes me with her shopping and we get what we can for $50 each. It may be one big present or lots of little stuff.
When we grew up, hubby and I never got much for Christmas. My mom was too poor with 5 girls to do very much. Hubby's dad was the grinch in the flesh.
We decided our kids would have a nice Christmas, but I don't spend much. Our kids don't get hardly anything toy wise during the year and they don't have lots of aunts and uncles and other family members to give them anything. Their gifts come from us and the 2 grandmas only. If the other family members got involved, ours would be scaled back a little.
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