What do you spend?

[Inspired by Reggio]

Ya I do not like to think too much on the cost and focus on the joy it brings ... the photo calendar I make for each family costs me about $25 a pop .. I spend about $5 a kid on a book for them, we budget $100 for the Angel tree gifts and another $100 to send a child to school in Africa in lieu of the presents for the daycare kids, I budget $10 per child for their parents keepsake gift, homemade wrapping paper supplies and the card ... and than our baking ingredients for the Christmas tea on top of it is close to another $100 extra.

My first Christmas was the most expensive ever because I had 10 children on enrollment that year ... 1 full time kid and 9 part time children sharing my remaining 4 spots ... and they all made a calendar and present for their parent .... this is another reason why I now prefer FULL TIME children

[monkeymama]

i spent $20 each on my 5 regular dck and $10-15 on my 2 pt dck. i spent another additional $50-75 on extra craft and baking supplies.