Mikmakmom

Every year I spend about $1000 on my two kids (and $25 each for my two nephews) - this year I have a little more to spend - getting dh a XBox 360 (that is all he is getting) I always say I'm not going to spend too much on my girls, but always end up doing it anyways. Toys are easily $20 - $30 each, so I have a hard time.

Usually stop for breakfast/lunch - go home hide everything, then get out the christmas decorations. Wrap a few things - put them under the tree and fight my dh for a nap (he has a hard day with the kids lol)

Sounds like you are going to have some fun!

My mom and I go alone - I would NEVER take my kids out on BF so my husband gets to stay home with them =}}} What a day!

I have to count presents (my kids are 6 and 3) they dont know too much about what things cost, so the money doesn't really matter to them, I usually try to allocate $500 each, give or take...but I always make sure they have the exact same number of presents. Just in case

Maybe stay in your car until others show up?

My husband will not go either - lucky for me he sleeps in with the girls.

LMAO this is just like my mom and I - we started a few years ago when I first had my kids. We live in a duplex and our apartments are right next to each other. We plan our attack after Thanksgiving dinner - TRY to sleep but usually cant because visions of shopping carts fill my head...we meet on the porch at 4:00 AM and we're off for donuts...we DO NOT browse on this day, were only there for the door busters..she stands in line I do both of our shopping - and bring out items back to the empty cart she holds in line - we're out of the store as quickly as possible and off to the next store - mid day we stop for lunch - make our last stop of the day which is usually Walgreens to grab their wrapping paper and we go home - and go to sleep......ahhhhhhhh what a great day!

my kids are 6 and 3 so I am counting presents to make sure its absolutely even.

Same here - I only buy toys for birthdays, Easter and christmas so why not splurge? I dont buy them clothes they are only 6 and 3 - why give a gift I "have" to get them anyways. I usually try to keep their presents to about 20 each - and then a few "together" gifts. Usually end up with about 50 presents total - we only buy for them though. We dont buy for family except our 2 nephews. My brother and I decided 1 gift per child $20 limit - keeps it simple and no one is sad that someone else got more then them. But when it comes to my girls its easy to go overboard. Like I said I dont buy toys throughout the year so I justify it.

i just looked up the Fisher Price Smart Cycle that is pretty neat!

For a 4 year old this might be a good camera, we bought it for our 6 year old and she was very disappointed. Keep in mind the LCD is very small and cant usually tell what the picture is or was...

My 6 yr old and 3 yr old are also into Littles Pet Shop stuff - you could go nuts with accessories for these things. We have a bin filled with them and they get played with more then anything in our house.

My 3 year old is really into the Baby Baby chou chou collection - lots of accessories.

We bought this camera for our daughter (6) it is a cute camera but sad to say it hasn't gotten much use - it was a hit for a few days but she was really disappointed because most of the pics come out blurry - I think it's only 1 MP. You might be better off buying a $50 digital camera from Sony. Sorry I wasted so much money on it.