Mia! Mia!

It's mine! It's mine! We often hear the children quarreling over what's theirs. We try to explain the concept of sharing; and once we think they have finally comprehended the concept, we find ourselves breaking up yet another quarrel or simply taking the object of conflict into our own possession. We currently have 4 different toys including a Fire Truck on our dresser! Andrew & Diego often hide toys from one another...kindof funny....

I have read and watched how different families raise their children and handle the "toy" issue. We want our children to be blessed, but we do not feel that always "more" is more...sometimes, less is more...with our children, who came from an environment with little, are very satisfied with just a few toys. They can entertain themselves with simple things that we take for granted...like the party favors...saying all that, we intend to do the holiday thing different than most of our friends and family. We want to begin our own family traditions. We do not believe in teaching them there is a Santa Claus. Our plan is to read and pray Scripture during the period of Hanukkah and then end that period with only 3 gifts each from Papi and Mami, and explain the birth of Christ. We want it to be very "Christ-centered." We would like to use our resources to help other children who have been orphaned whether by shoe boxes or support thru CHI or even, helping a Prospective Adoptive Family financially. We want the children to know it is much more important to give than to receive.