so what "main"presents have you got your kids this year?!

[cutekids]

dd1:aged 8 portable dvd player;bratz wild west;bratz skating rink thingy (off nanna);NOT including "stocking presents"!!!
dd2: aged 6dancing genevieve;barbie that has hair-dye to do both doll and child!;genevieve(normal) (off nanna)! plus "stocking presents"!
ds1: aged 7 livpl.goalie strip with surname on back;fifa07 ds game; p.of carib.ds game (off nanna) again,not including "stocking presents"
stocking presents include:ds games;dvd films;etc.
when are we going to throw christmas back into december...can't remember the dj that did that about 20 years ago!? but we are spending and spending and spending cos 1 ds game looks like nothing but costs about £30! etc. I'm not a scrooge but do feel pressured into keeping up with others. Why do we let it happen?

ds1 (3) martian game from ELC, Cars dvd, Minnen dragon from Ikea, few bits.

ds2 (10 months) walker (£2 from car boot!!), hippo from Ikea, 3 rollarounds, maracas.

DS1 - new mobile phone
DD and DS2 both having Nintendo DS Lite and Animal Crossing games whih they have waited for for AGES (as they tell me) - they will be the ones glued to the sockets on Christmas Day as I have wrapped the consoles without charging them. Remembered to charge the phone though.
Also get (each) a DVD, CD, game, annual , calendar and selection box plus stockings. We have no family except distant grandparents, so DH and I do feel the need to compensate as otherwise they would only get 3 presents.

ds1 tardis playset, football table (GP&brothers have gone well over top with other bits and pieces such as remote control daeleks (sp) and a transformer.

DS2 - henry hoover (which sucks) , a little trolley with blocks, and playmobil playset and a dinasour playset.. again (GP&brothers have gone over top with fire engines and thomas trainsets.

Ds 3 and DD12mths have got a kitchen between them. It is all DS has asked for all year so have got it out of my maternity grant.

ds (2.4) has got a bob the builder scrambler electronic ride on for his main present and loads of other pressies.

DS is getting Optimus Prime from Transformers.

Have just secured myself the last Fairy Wonderland in South London, or so it seems! For dd1.

dd2 is only 9 months, so she has a very very small pile of 3 presents - a megablocks thing for her to grow into, and a dress from the GAP 30% off thing.

Meant to add that I can't believe the average spent is $400.. If I had that sort of money, I wonder what I would do with it..... definitely not stock the flat with more plastic though...

DS1 (7) has got Antlantis and a Bug Hoover (he's a bit of a mini David Attenborough). He's also got Subbuteo and the Great Game of Britain.

DS2 (5) has got a toy kitchen (he's a bit old for it, I think, but he pleaded, and DS3 can play with it too, a sort of pretend school set, and some Lego.

DS3 (2) has got a wooden shapesorter bus, some other puzzles and a Baby Einstein DVD.

at £400 per child! and my dh thinks I spend too much

ds (4) is getting playmobil police station+police superset, first scalectric (£30) plus games (hungry hippoes etc) a marble run, then stocking with books, another game, tin of chocolate mice, and I've still gotta pick up some little matchbox cars or something similar.

and then he will get several presents from the rest of the family too - although my mum promises she hasn't gone overboard this year

dd1 a ds lite
dd2 a playmobil castle
dd3 - some stakcing cups

ds 6 - scalextric, 2 trains for his electric set, a furby, Car toys from the movie, a light sabre, steam along Thomas water tower, top trumps

dd 4 - barbies pooing dog and peeing cat, barbie camper van, puppy in my pocket stuff, barbie head doll, top trumps.

Lockets

What a lovely attitude you have towards christmas.

There are too many people who get themselves into debt over christmas!!

I used to be like that, but not any more.

I now believe that if you don't have the cash for things, then you just don't buy them.

Can you CAT me please Lockets.

well...we spent £50 on each...
es, 10, All Terrain skateboard, PS 2 controller, Harry potter goblet...DVD, wooden arts/model doll thing, 2 wheeled glider things for normal shoes....!
ms, 4, Playmobile Pirate ship, Spiderman webber thingy..., Screwball scramble, Polar Express DVD!
ys, Bubble console (£15 in Toys r us), with a Thomas game (included) , Thomas aquadraw, First snow in winter dvd, Monsterruck thing,!
For stocking fillers they just get chocolates!

Lockets...awwww..but you know, in the end xmas is not about the presents, is it, it's about family and being together!
What agegroups are your Kids, btw?

DS1 has a v smile with a Scooby Doo game to go with it. He also has a playmobil rescue helicopter.

DS2 has a Thomas v tech laptop & the Thomas Bubble console. He is Thomas mad!

Sorry to hijack, but Twinset, when dd you order the desk and chair from vertbaudet? just interested as I ordered them in Sept and they still don't have any in stock - I've waited over 3 months and am now panicking!! It's my parent's present to dd. Am desperately trying to persuade someone on Ebay to let me buy one now from her!! Just interested cos if you ordered after Sept and have had it delivered I'm gonna write and deman comp for the stress!!! Thanks!

gscrym - that's what my dh is getting

DD (4y8m) has got a Canon digital camera. She had consistently asked for a real digital camera for months, so got her a grown ups one. It looks really good.

dd1 first real bike (you know, without stabilisers and they don't go backwards when you pedal backwards) £90

dd2 four wheeled Noddy scooter £29.99