Want, Need, Wear, Read

I have three children.
I never thought I would have three children.
Don't get me wrong, I have always seen myself becoming a Mommy and having kids, but I never pictured three kids in my future. I think two was it because most people have two kids. You know, the two kids and a dog rule? I come from a family of two kids and two dogs, so I just assumed I would always have two kids. Then I started dating my husband... who wants to bring a small army into this world. He is an amazing father and husband and provides for us everything that we need so that I am able to stay at home with our children. ( Ages 4 on November 26, 2 years  and 8 months )
Kids aren't cheap. This is why people don't have a small army of them.
We have three girls, I see them being more expensive in the future than if we had 3 boys. I wish I had saved my prom dresses now. I could have told them that "vintage" is in, right?
So, Christmas is coming and we have three small children. TOYS!
Last year we accumulated 13 Barbies. Wow. That's a LOT of Barbies. Among other toys and books and clothes and what nots, we brought home a LOT of "stuff" from relatives and our own home.
That's going to get expensive at some point, for everyone. So, while Pinterest-ing one day I found a little saying for Christmas that goes :
" Something they want. Something they need. Something to wear. Something to read"
Excellent! This is a GREAT Idea! So, I have passed it onto the grandparents as well and given them each their own lists. It looks something like this:

Dear Santa, 
I want ----------------
I need ---------------
I'll wear --------------
I'll read ---------------
and I really, really want 
-----------------------
Love, 
( Insert child's name here ) 

I feel like this will go over well and not break the bank every Christmas with our small army of children. I wanted to share this, because Christmas really isn't about "stuff" anyway. So, keeping it to a minimum will help with the expectation of having ten million presents under the tree every year.
We also did this with ourselves. ( the adults ) to our parents. Because my mom told me that if I still believed in Santa that I would still get presents from Santa under the tree at my childhood home.
I DO believe in Santa.. after all, I am Santa now.
--that's a completely different blog, realizing that I am now Santa?---