Spoiled

This week I am thinking about how spoiled we all have become with the warm weather we received in March.  While I knew it was too good to be true, and way too early for it to be here, there is always the hope that it may just stick around.  But that isn't the case and we are looking at frost and freeze warnings, and even the threat of possible snow next week sometime supposedly.  At least it won't last long at this point and summer is just around the corner for us. 
On another note, it's amazing how things have changed since we were kids.  I'm referring to the amount of toys and just junk that you acquire when you have kids.  When did society become so materialistic, and worry about who buys the biggest, or spends the most on kids.  Why do people think that makes them the "favorite?"  I ask these questions because both of my girls birthdays are coming up in the next couple of weeks, and everyone asks what they need/want, and I can honestly say that they don't "need" anything.  Money to put away for college, but past that, really there isn't a lot.  Our oldest could use a few new clothing pieces, because as they get older people stop giving you clothes (like they do when they are first born), so she can use that,  but as far as toys go, they are both good.  I find this is a struggle as a parent, to raise my kids understanding what it is like to appreciate little, and know that things are given out of love, and that there aren't favorites in life.  I don't believe in "buying" love, or favoritism.  My kids will think you are their favorite if you spend time with them, and love them.  Read to them, play with them, sing with them, etc......  That is what matters in life, and what makes a child grow up understanding that the world doesn't "owe" them anything.  Hopefully we'll succeed at getting these values and morals across to them.  Time will tell.  In the meantime......anyone want to come clean up the mess of toys and things in my toyroom?????   LOL