Christmas is coming...........  

My son asks about christmas...what is wrong with that?? I know halloween is coming up but he already has his outfit, and ive already bought the tickets to the halloween do we are going to, I have a busy life with work and kids so i organize everything ages beforehand so im not rushing round last minute!! It also saves on cost when you have to buy everything at the same time!

Some kids ask all year for things for Christmas. Mine don't ask until they start seeing advertisements on TV about Christmas. Maybe the advertisers and business's should hold off until after Halloween.

BTW, my kids watch Sprout and Noggin, educational shows, they still show advertisements this time of year.

My son watches the wiggles which i deem educational and they dont do anything about christmas untill christmas the reason i buy early is because when he does want something i tell him to ask santa so he writes it down.
On the other hand he likes watching horrid henry and transformers which are not educational but he does most of his educational stuff on a computer as his school have a system that your child can log into to do certain school works i think its a brilliant way for kids to learn and not be interfered with on the internet.

My kids watch the Wiggles too. I think they are annoying but educational. They love them.

lol yes i agree most annoying tv show out there, even more annoying is that im from the uk and all you can get here is dvds, everything else has to be shipped in from america or australia!!! He only got wind of it because there was a promotional dvd in a newspaper we bought and he ended up obsessed with the wiggles!! His room is all the wiggles, he has everything but its cost me a fortune to have everything shipped over!!! Damn you promotional dvd hahaha!!!

I know what you mean. My kids get hooked on things that they don't even normally watch because of commercials. UGH!!!

Sounds like you have great Christmas's at your home. I wait because I don't really have any place to hide things and they are getting to that age when they want to snoop. Transformers are a good idea. I bet my stepson would like them, he loved the movies.

My son is only 5 and wants to wear his bumblebee outfit whenever he can!, I always make christmas special as when i was younger we had everything and it was magical, Id come downstairs to see if santa and rudolf had ate their cookies and carrots, Then there would always be the sooty footprints leading to and from the presents! Then youd find the whole settee piled high with presents! I loved christmas! I want my son to have the same feeling as when you get older the presents get less and less and then the magic completely goes when you relise santa isnt real.

I know what you mean. I want them to have those magical moments now while they are young, before they learn the truth.

I know where you're coming from. We used outreach programs the last 2 years. We had no money for any gifts. That's why we started so early this year. We try to buy on sale or use coupons whenever we can. My mom is a great help too, If we can't afford something for our kids and really want it for them for Christmas, she tries to get it for them. We price shop a lot too, to find the cheapest store's for what we want to buy. I wish you luck in getting nice gifts for your children this year. How old are they?

If you could afford it, in my opinion I would get the laptop for your son. It can be used for educational purposes and he can play just about any kind of video game on it. Free downloads and can even buy PC games, cheap at Walmart or other stores. My 3 year old likes Thomas too but she's not really into toy trains, just the show. Clothes are easy, CLEARANCE.
Unfortunately, my 1 year old is afraid of animals, ALL animals. I know V-Tech has some musical toys that are good for learning but I think the price tags are a bit steep for what you get. Maybe I can find something similar by another name. Thanks.

My daughter wants those dumb things too. As you said, I guess they would be better then a real one though. She says we need a new pet because our cat is mean to her. He's only mean to her when she's mean to him though. She wants her own pet. I guess those hamster things would satisfy that "need" for her.

They would be better than your cat eating the real one.

That's true and my cat WOULD eat the real one's.

I know what you mean about the boxes. All 3 of ours do that still. We did start buying our 1 year old the stuffed Garanimals toys. We should just build on her collection. I had forgotten about them, thanks for the reminder. Now they all can get their collections added too.

I'm hoping my stepson will keep his Bionicles too. I think it's nice to have collections as kids that they can keep for when they get older. I wish I still had my My Little Pony collection.

We don't think about the future as kids. Toys are just toys to us. I sure wish I had some of the toys I had as a kid. They're worth a fortune now.
My younger daughter has every stuffed animal she's ever been given save maybe 1 or 2. She even has the teddy bear her sister gave her when she was born.

I wish I had my My Little Pony collection that I had as a kid so that I could pass it along to my daughter. She love's them so much.

I find the coupons online and print them then use them in the store. A little piano might be a good gift for her, thanks.

A CD might be good for if I can find something she likes, like Elmo. Thanks for the idea.

I wasn't aware that people didn't celebrate Christmas in China. I guess I have some learning to do. i wish I didn't have to celebrate it but I was raised too and my kids expect it now. They all still believe in Santa too. I just don't have the heart to ruin that for them.

Happy Halloween and Merry Christmas to you.