Tonight I took Brooklyn (and Kanani) to the American Girl store.  It was so much fun for both of us!  All those adorable little dolls and clothes and playsets! Eye candy everywhere!
But I noticed something:
Brooklyn doesn't seem to have that greed gene that I have.  She doesn't just have to have all the beautiful things she sees.  She was happy just being in the store.  Just looking around and enjoying all the dolls and their playsets seemed to be enough for her. She had a gift card from Nana and Papa so she was able to pick out several things to buy, but it wasn't an agonizing decision for her to choose what to buy and what to put back on the shelf.  It honestly was harder for me because I wanted all of it!  She was perfectly fine with my suggestion that she should wait on some of the things.  I LOVE that!  I just love  her contentment and self control.  It makes me so happy.  I want my children to be SO much better than I am.  I want to nurture this contented way of being.