Last year my wife and I had an "uh-oh" moment during the Christmas season. In the middle of our third Christmas celebration our two oldest kids starting talking about all the toys they had. It was the moment we realized our kids were a little spoiled.

Truth be told, prior to that moment, we hadn't given it much thought. Earlier in December we welcomed our fourth child into the family so Christmas seemed extra special. Still, my wife and I limited each child to one toy and a pair of pajamas. We also knew that Santa would bring each of them something, but in total that didn't seem so bad. What we failed to realize is that my mom and five siblings, and my wife's parents and three siblings would be buying our kids toys. By the end of the holidays our house was a toy store and we still had two birthdays in January.