Our Christmas
Our Christmas
We had a wonderful Christmas. I have to say this has been one of the most relaxing and stress free Christmases we have had. Mike works for our church so I wasn’t sure if it would be that great since he had to work both Christmas Eve and Christmas but it turned out to be just fine.
We had a snack foods type dinner on Christmas Eve and my brother, his wife, 2 kids and my mom all came over. We had the kids do a treasure hunt while we waited for Mike to get off work. We opened presents after he got home.
Christmas Eve night the kids didn’t go to bed until 12:30! Man was Santa tired! He came by while I was laying down with the kids trying to get them to go to sleep and we heard him HO, HO, HO outside the window and jingle bells and the reindeer land on the roof. ;-) He had to come back later because the kids weren’t asleep yet. The kids left oatmeal out on the deck for the reindeer and Santa tracked it all in the house! LOL
Here are the gifts we received just so everyone can see what kind of things we give.
My kids got a new blanket that mom sewed for me from Mike and I. They were always fighting over using the one throw we have on the couch watching TV so I got everyone their own so they don’t have to fight over it. They were $5 for the fleece and we used an old comforter to sew in the middle to give them some bulk.
We also gave them some “new” slippers. One pair was from the thrift store for $1.98 and the other from Wal-Mart for $5.
Mike and I did spend more on each other. He got me a new set of towels for the bathroom. I’ve had the same set for 10 years and they were still fine but I just really wanted a new color. He also gave me a life size gnome and a gnome house, which are just adorable! He spent about $100 on me.
I gave him cash. His DVD player broke and he’s saving up for a new one so I gave him the cash so he could go buy one. It turns out that my brother had one that he wasn’t using and he gave it to us so he is going to use his money for something else.
Santa was good to the kids. Elly wanted a small white Christmas tree and a stuffed penguin and BJ wanted a robot he saw.
Her tree was $10 but he found a large penguin at the thrift store for .75 and on another day a pair of penguin p.j’s for $1.98. She then got a baking set also, since she is like her mom and loves to bake. It was about $10 for the cake mixes, mixing spoons, measuring cups and spoons and baking pans. She also got 2 cookbooks from the thrift store for .75 . Santa filled in with some of their favorite foods that they don’t get on a regular basis. Hot cocoa packets, juice boxes, candy bars, gum, goldfish crackers etc.
Elly's loot
BJ’s presents were more. His robot was $40, which he broke the next day! Augh. It’s a good thing Santa left the package to take it back! :-) He got several lights, since he loves lights. They were on clearance after Halloween for $2.
And he got a cat clock for $10.
We ended up spending about $350 for everyone including our extended family’s presents.
All in all, it was a really great Christmas!
Tawra
www.LivingOnADime.com
We had a wonderful Christmas. I have to say this has been one of the most relaxing and stress free Christmases we have had. Mike works for our church so I wasn’t sure if it would be that great since he had to work both Christmas Eve and Christmas but it turned out to be just fine.
We had a snack foods type dinner on Christmas Eve and my brother, his wife, 2 kids and my mom all came over. We had the kids do a treasure hunt while we waited for Mike to get off work. We opened presents after he got home.
Christmas Eve night the kids didn’t go to bed until 12:30! Man was Santa tired! He came by while I was laying down with the kids trying to get them to go to sleep and we heard him HO, HO, HO outside the window and jingle bells and the reindeer land on the roof. ;-) He had to come back later because the kids weren’t asleep yet. The kids left oatmeal out on the deck for the reindeer and Santa tracked it all in the house! LOL
Here are the gifts we received just so everyone can see what kind of things we give.
My kids got a new blanket that mom sewed for me from Mike and I. They were always fighting over using the one throw we have on the couch watching TV so I got everyone their own so they don’t have to fight over it. They were $5 for the fleece and we used an old comforter to sew in the middle to give them some bulk.
We also gave them some “new” slippers. One pair was from the thrift store for $1.98 and the other from Wal-Mart for $5.
Mike and I did spend more on each other. He got me a new set of towels for the bathroom. I’ve had the same set for 10 years and they were still fine but I just really wanted a new color. He also gave me a life size gnome and a gnome house, which are just adorable! He spent about $100 on me.
I gave him cash. His DVD player broke and he’s saving up for a new one so I gave him the cash so he could go buy one. It turns out that my brother had one that he wasn’t using and he gave it to us so he is going to use his money for something else.
Santa was good to the kids. Elly wanted a small white Christmas tree and a stuffed penguin and BJ wanted a robot he saw. Her tree was $10 but he found a large penguin at the thrift store for .75 and on another day a pair of penguin p.j’s for $1.98. She then got a baking set also, since she is like her mom and loves to bake. It was about $10 for the cake mixes, mixing spoons, measuring cups and spoons and baking pans. She also got 2 cookbooks from the thrift store for .75 . Santa filled in with some of their favorite foods that they don’t get on a regular basis. Hot cocoa packets, juice boxes, candy bars, gum, goldfish crackers etc.
Elly's loot
BJ’s presents were more. His robot was $40, which he broke the next day! Augh. It’s a good thing Santa left the package to take it back! :-) He got several lights, since he loves lights. They were on clearance after Halloween for $2. And he got a cat clock for $10.
We ended up spending about $350 for everyone including our extended family’s presents.
All in all, it was a really great Christmas!
Tawra
www.LivingOnADime.com
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