Proudmamaco2 FUWIFEY OF mbartlettff's blog: "christmas blues"

I have decided again for the second year in a row that I am not putting up a christmas tree. I always celebrate christmas at my parents home and at my father's sisters home. I know I know some of you are probably thinking about the fact that I have a little guy and should put the tree up for him, but he's 2 people all he's gonna do is destroy it or knock it over about 100 times or try to eat things off of it. The last time I put was the year that I had my son and I only did it because my younger brother,who lived with me at the time and is obsessed with christmas, insisted that we put up a tree. Needless to say with all the hustle and bustle of being thrown into the job of being a single mother my tree was up until well after Easter that year. So some of you may thinkn that I am a Grinch but NO TREE. My son and I will enjoy the tree decorating on the 23rd with my mother, my brother, his wife and daughter so he's not missing out on anything except taking it down.

I have a 2 year old little boy and this is going to be the first christmas he has any idea what's going on. He was only 4 days old his first christmas and only 1 last year so the opening of presents wasn't that exciting for him. He will be 2 years old 4 days before christmas and I know that I am not going all out for his birthday probably just a cake and a few small gifts. But I can't make up my mind wether I want to by him just a few really big awsome gifts that I know will make his little world or should I only by him 1 expensive gift and a whole bunch of little $5 and $10 gifts so that he gets the excitment of the opening of all the presents. Maybe I should just see how he does with his birthday and make my descion then, but that would mean some last minute shopping lol, not sure if I can handle all that.