Typically I've done about $200 for the "Big Christmas Present" (for example, a trampoline last year), and $100 on the smaller ones. I pick up cheap little things here and there closer to Christmas too, so that probably makes up another $50 or so.
I have things on laybuy throughout the year and pay them off slowly. I've actually had Elisabeth's birthday present on laybuy since she was two weeks old, and I'm only paying $5 a fortnight until mid-November. We don't do stockings, though I'd like to, because we don't have anywhere to hang them.
I don't think we've done a Christmas gift from us, if we have it's been one of the smaller ones originally pegged as a Santa gift.
Amelia's first two birthdays I spent about $200 on her presentsThis year I technically didn't spend anything because I used a gift certificate to buy her $50 present.
I made dresses for Amelia's first two Christmases, but didn't really see them as Christmas presents, if that makes sense. I was too heavily pregnant to do it last year, but I'll probably make a few for both girls this year
Yes, most of their toys are bought throughout the year. I tend to leave the bigger items for Christmas, and impulse buy a few small toys every couple of months. They get a lot from grandparents too - we're overflowing with toys, if we're being honest![]()







This year I technically didn't spend anything because I used a gift certificate to buy her $50 present.
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