Well, Christmas is long over, but we do have birthdays throughout the year.  My youngest just had a birthday last month and we have another childs birthday coming up in July.  We’re in the middle of the longest stretch with having to buy toys for someones birthday or other holiday. This is the time when we should be able to put back more money than usual…but it doesn’t seem to work out that way. There is always something else to buy, repair, replace, etc.

But, this is better than the alternative. The alternative being never having had children or them growing up and moving out. I’ll let them take their own sweet time with it.