[doodah]

stuff does dictate for us. I don't think kids need every brand new thing in the world but we also don't want to have so many kids that our current children are not able to enjoy as many opportunities in life because of major financial restrictions. This is one of the main reasons why our third baby will probably be our last. If we did have another, I am sure that we wouldn't have more than 4. Thats the right size for us with the lifestyle that we hope to have. I don't think my kids are spoiled but they are very fortunate. We plan to do music lessons, private school/homeschool and other opportunities with each of them and those things take sacrifices.