How much are you spending on DCs xmas gifts

Midget Man · Post by **Midget Man** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:40 am

So, so pleased you didn't buy her that pudding

Give her a quick kick up the bum instead!!

I keep waiting for one of my kids to throw a fit in the shop's as I would love to throw a fit on the floor myself like in the advert, I already shout "I said you buy one you get one free" and my family all disappear from me

If kid's want to play that game, then I can too-I know who'll those battles

sallyj · Post by **sallyj** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:25 am

No,no,no midget man ! Please don't do the supermarket tantrum thing ! I have a hubby who thinks this is just hilarious

Thankfully our lot rarely shop with us or he'd be banned to the car with the doors firmly shut !
He also has a partner in crime who finds it hugely funny to try following us around unseen,putting extra items into our trolley

Time I switched to online shopping & left the big soft lads to find a new form of amusement !

Milla · Post by **Milla** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:44 am

We "make" ours watch "World's Strictest Parent" on BBC3 or 4. Well, they've seen it twice. Touching programme and a good one for teaching a bit of perspective.

sallyj · Post by **sallyj** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:49 am

DD2 watches that in total awe

We can positively see her halo glowing !
It's certainly an eye opener to the diversity in parenting styles. I sure wouldn't want to admit to owning some of those little treasures though !

Freya · Post by **Freya** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:17 pm

We made DD watch 'Brat Camp', fixed her with a stare and said "don't think we wouldn't" HA!

Loved Brat Camp because they were always hundreds of miles into a desert or something and they couldn't storm off anywhere!

tranquillity · Post by **tranquillity** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:44 am

When my 3 kids were younger, under 8 say, they loved dressing up, dancing, singing, making up stories, and then showing them to me and whoever else happened to be around. So a really cheap way of giving young kids pressies is to hunt around charity shops, jumble sales, etc, and find a hoard of dresses, scarves, bags, shoes, etc to make up a bespoke dressing up chest, and then spend time with the kids while they create their mini dramas/operas/x factor auditions, then spend time watching their efforts. Masses of fun, so little cash!!

It gets a bit pricier once they outgrow this phase though

My eldest two are 19 and 16, DS and DD respectively, and the DD especially has amazingly expensive tastes!!

My advice is, make the most of it while they're little

And Poundland is fab. My littlest DS bought a huge bubble sword-wand from there in the summer and it lasted us for weeks. He loved it. Also, he and I recently spent a very happy hour in there buying christmas decs and extras - hats, bags, stockings, antlers, flashing noses..... So little cash, so much fun.