You gals give good advice, and my son is 17 not a baby so he'll understand his dads position. I too am very frugal with my money throughout the year, and buy only necessaries, always putting money back for the rainy days that come to often. We dont eat out all the time or take fancy vacations.
yes we are very giving as quilters, we never get what we give to a quilt. I actually have a quilt in the making for the ex, how sick is that!