How we’re doing Christmas for Malachi:

• No Santa Claus

• 4 gifts from mama and papa: something you need, something you want, something that teaches you about the Bible (this category will change yearly), and something you read

• Fun presents in the stocking, but I’m very limited by how much I can fit

The point is to make Christmas about Jesus, not greed and material things. I’m passionate about it.

that being said,

it’s only October but it’s already so FREAKING HARD to not buy many presents for Malachi now that he laughs and plays and is the perfect boy. (He was too young to be laughing and playing last year, but he was perfect). When we made this plan I didn’t realize how much fun it is to buy toddler toys