SD and xmas

+PuppyWuppy+

Alright, I have no idea what to do for SD for xmas.  We went ALL OUT last year; however, the girl is pretty spoiled with materialistic things and DH and I no longer want to contribute to her having every Barbie movie ever made.  Further (and this is bad), because of the kitchen reno, we just don't have a ton of money to spend right now. Yup!  I am pretty selfish.

We are taking her to Great Wolf Lodge for her birthday in January (several other couples with kids are meeting us there).  For xmas, we have considered getting her a fun overnight bag, a fun swimsuit, and some pool toys to take on her trip but I feel like that is such a cop out. I have a bday in January as well and CONSTANTLY got screwed present-wise when I was little...at the same time, my parents never gave me a trip as a birthday present as a six year old.  I really don't want her to be disappointed.

Thoughts??

BoyMom21

I don't know any six year old little girl that is going to not like a cute swimsuit, a new bag or new toys. And at six, I would have been peeing my effing pants at the thought of a water park for my birthday. You're giving her awesome gifts. The great thing about this age is they have no concept of cost. SD won't know if you spent $10 or $1000--as long as it's cute and girly and her friends will think it's great, she will be thrilled. Small additional gifts go a long way too--play make up, sparkly purse, and flip flops would be something you could add cheaply and would go a long way with her!

5thOfJuly

I'm pretty sure that at 6, quantity was more important to me than quality (since kids are so fickle anyway), so wrap everything separately, maybe pick up some fun storybooks (maybe it's a personal thing, but I don't think it's really possible to "spoil" a kid with too many books), add a few fun trinkets for her stocking (I like Boymom's suggestions,) and call it a great day!

BobKat22

I think your idea and what everyone else has suggested is great.  My neices are around that age.  We get them a ton of little cheap things and wrap them seperately.  They don't get the concept of cost so as long as they have a lot of things to unwrap they are ecstatic.  I also try to get them big (but cheap) gifts.  They go crazy when they have big items to unwrap.  I usually find these gifts at Big Lots. 

ShansBride

I think your idea is perfect, and like PP said, if you wrap everything seperately she will be thrilled I am sure!  V is about a year younger, but he likes cheap stuff more than expensive stuff most of the time anyway.  If you want to get more stuff, maybe do some coloring books and stickers for her to play with in the car on the way to GWL too.

+buttercup+

I love your gift ideas.  I bet she will be really excited about all of it!

+PuppyWuppy+

Okay, I feel better.  We do plan to get her a ton of books too - the girl *loves* to read (yay!!!!). Thanks so much ladies - whew! I have been feeling like a selfish cheap @ss.  She *does* have an idea of cost but this is stuff she mostly gets from where she lives full time and I just need to learn to deal with it...

+PuppyWuppy+

We just got back from WallyWorld.  We intended to get groceries but found a ton of cute cheap xmas stuff - Disney lip glosses and nailpolishes, hello kitty bath stuff (she loves to get bubbles all over the bathroom - so cute!), a pair of jellies to go with the swimsuit we plan to get her, a pair of leopard sparkley slip ons, and an angry birds calendar (she is addicted).  For $30, that is quite the haul, I think.

Now to scour the internets for a *perfect* swim suit...

ostatekris05

We're having the same issue with SS as far as being spoiled with materialistic things.  One thing I've had going through my mind is that I think if I asked him, he wouldn't be able to name one thing we got him for Christmas last year. 

Something that has totally irriated me is that H let him take most of his DSi and Wii games to Game Stop to trade them in.  So, we spend ~$40 on a game and he trades it in for $5-10.  I'm not talking about games he's had for a while, these are new ones that he has maybe played a handful of times.  We've decided to give him a gift card and he can buy his own games this year, that way he'll feel the sting of how much it costs vs. the trade in value (maybe? hopefully?). 

I think your idea of getting her things to take on her bday trip is great.  We're taking a trip to FL the week of Christmas and I wanted to do something similar for SS, but H is not on board.  My H understands that we shouldn't contribute to the spoiling, but hasn't quite gotten the concept of not doing it.