Stoppped by my mum's last night...an left with three boxes of Xmas goodies....and I have zero willpower (witness the almost finished 2 gallon bucket of meringues.....) THREE BOXES I'm positive it's some sort of passive aggressive I'm going to feed you til you explode type of thing. So what do I do about the kids? Do I make them finish their meals before having a "treat" or does that start some bad patterns....Do I let them eat til they feel sick? Do I try and balance the two? ARGH! Right now it's a battle to get the little guy to eat a meal, and usually the only reason he finishes is for his desert, which I HATE. But whatdoyahdo? I think we have pretty realistic expectations about how much he can eat...I put very little on his plate.....The oldest 2, 5,7 are of course human vacuums.....
Last year their best gift was the $2.49 on sale BATMANs that I got at a closing out sale and Santa "left" on their bedroom floor to open first. They spent hours first of all trying to open them and then hours playing with them. Once we got up it became 'how fast can I open this and what's next'.....kind of a bummer really....so I've done a LOT less this year hoping that the main gift is cherished and appreciated and played with for hours.....I've avoided "madeinchinapiecesofcrap" that are so prevalent everywhere as much as I can - don't get me started on that one.....I'm scared to look where the bionicles are made. Santa is bringing consumables - bubble bath, toothbrushes, and a couple of hotwheels....and socks.....they are sooooo excited already, and are busy making pictures for us.
They made tissue paper covered jar candles for the grandmas, which will be appreciated......we'll see how this xmas goes....
Started writing this a week ago, so must get on with it.....
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I love those tissue paper jar candles. We made some, years back at a homeschool crafting group and I loved how they turned out. Great gift idea!
Thinking a lot about "less" these days. Thankfully, Christmastime can do that to a person.
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