tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958504312881273309.post3404206443996844624..comments2024-03-23T10:02:32.181-06:00Comments on LobotoME Brain Fog Blog: { simple christmas wrap-up }LobotoMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975699477662736911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958504312881273309.post-25547732950366278282009-01-06T09:09:00.000-07:002009-01-06T09:09:00.000-07:00Hi Hannah! That's awesome about your handmade hol...Hi Hannah! That's awesome about your handmade holidays and I love the idea of a toy swap!LobotoMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975699477662736911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958504312881273309.post-23634792013809635062009-01-06T08:24:00.000-07:002009-01-06T08:24:00.000-07:00Our Christmas was fantastic in much of the same wa...Our Christmas was fantastic in much of the same ways! We did a handmade/service Christmas with my family and it has been deemed that we will do it that way from now on. Everyone loved it. My husband and I both made things for our girls and decided not to exchange gifts ourselves- but really, we could have made each other things as well and will next year.<BR/><BR/>All friend gifts were handmade, we did a big dinner with some friends where everyone pitched in so the financial burden wasn't on one family.<BR/><BR/>We have friends who did a toy swap this year and I love the idea. Parents met up at someone's house with older but in good condition toys and then they all went around and traded toys for other used ones. They got some really great stuff that didn't cost them more than the time to sort through toys.<BR/><BR/>We ended up only spending about $300, which was $100 under what we anticipated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com