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Tried to rep you but couldn't again yet. I really wish C-D wouldn't limit reps.
I agree with that. My apologies to melovecookies. I have absolutely no idea why I responded that way. It was cray cray. My only guess is that I was upset about the playground issue and just looking for an outlet. No matter the reasons, it was stupid and not accurate the the posting. Again, my bad.
I agree with that. My apologies to melovecookies. I have absolutely no idea why I responded that way. It was cray cray. My only guess is that I was upset about the playground issue and just looking for an outlet. No matter the reasons, it was stupid and not accurate the the posting. Again, my bad.
Apology accepted. It's funny because my daughter actually had two broken bones in her life, one from the trampoline incident and the first one from falling off the monkey bars at the playground. We all try our best to keep our kids safe but sometimes despite our best efforts their going to get hurt.
Apology accepted. It's funny because my daughter actually had two broken bones in her life, one from the trampoline incident and the first one from falling off the monkey bars at the playground. We all try our best to keep our kids safe but sometimes despite our best efforts their going to get hurt.
About 4 years ago, my SIL and family were in FL on Christmas vacation. They were at a park with their 4 kids and my SIL was playing around on the monkey bars and broke her leg. It was awful.
Apology accepted. It's funny because my daughter actually had two broken bones in her life, one from the trampoline incident and the first one from falling off the monkey bars at the playground. We all try our best to keep our kids safe but sometimes despite our best efforts their going to get hurt.
We haven't had any broken bones yet but I think it's my kids temperament. They are all focused on safety. I was thinking of getting a trampoline but I worry my kids wouldn't use it.
About 4 years ago, my SIL and family were in FL on Christmas vacation. They were at a park with their 4 kids and my SIL was playing around on the monkey bars and broke her leg. It was awful.
My sister fell off a *maybe* 3 foot high platform and broker her arm. It was crazy! Like she tripped and fell, but she landed on her arm wrong.
We haven't had any broken bones yet but I think it's my kids temperament. They are all focused on safety. I was thinking of getting a trampoline but I worry my kids wouldn't use it.
I am really excited for it. I work from home and I plan to jump on it when they are at school!
About 4 years ago, my SIL and family were in FL on Christmas vacation. They were at a park with their 4 kids and my SIL was playing around on the monkey bars and broke her leg. It was awful.
When my daughter broke her arm due to a tramp incident and told the doctor what happened, he told us that his first guess when kids break their arms is always monkey bars or trampoline.
When my daughter broke her arm due to a tramp incident and told the doctor what happened, he told us that his first guess when kids break their arms is always monkey bars or trampoline.
Or soccer...My son plays soccer and he was tripped and he landed on his arm. It broke his fall and somehow it wasn't broken. A couple of weeks later I ran into a friend and her son did break his arm playing soccer.
We spend about $125-$150 on each of our two kids, plus maybe $30-$40 on each of us, plus maybe $10-$15 for stocking stuffers for each of the four of us. We'll also do $20 gift cards for each of our three nieces. So, roughly $400-$500 in total. The kids typically also each get a $25 gift card from their aunt/uncle and a check (ranging between $50 and $100) from their grandparents. Both kids have summer birthdays, so it makes it easy to not concentrate all the gift-giving at once.
Some years we travel to visit family, other years they travel to see us. Either way, it involves additional expense. This year, no one is going anywhere, because we had a big extended-family trip to Hawaii last summer and we decided that we'd all spent enough on travel for the year.
We buy one or two things in September, another one or two in October, and almost all of the rest in November. We dislike crowded stores, so we avoid the malls in December. Yes, we put all our purchases on credit cards (because it's more convenient than cash, plus we get about half of our stuff online, plus we get the cash back bonus) but we absolutely pay it off in full every month, without exception. Both my wife and I HATE credit card debt and will absolutely not voluntarily allow ourselves to go into it. (Fortunately, we've not yet had a situation where circumstances have demanded it; but in any case, Christmas presents are not an "emergency" purchase.)
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