I love that Reese seems so down-to-earth and humble, in spite of being a celebrity. Ava and Deacon seem like such great, well-adjusted kids, and that can be credited to the way their parents have raised them.

Sarita — I am from the country and once got a horse as a birthday gift. It may not be normal for people who live in the city, but it isn’t outlandishly “star-ish”.

I love that she lets the kids play with her Oscar! How humble!

Liv, I agree. I just posted on another site about this same story. Last year my husband went all out on toys for the kids and they didn’t play with them for more than a week. Some didn’t hold their interest for more than a day. I read recently that the less a toy does, the more kids like it. You can see that with a two year old and a large cardboard box.

This year the kids are getting simple, inexpensive presents. Books, art supplies and building blocks. Things that they have already shown an interest in and will play with for hours and hours.

I love her ideology. My husband and I are working on this too since it’s our girl’s first Christmas. We are hoping to keep the focus on the reason for the holiday.

I totally agree! If kids have loads of toys, they don’t appreciate them as much. I also think kids become “bored” quicker with a bunch of toys and have shorter attention spans.

Apparently her daughter wants a horse as that one present, so it’s not that normal!

That’s just the way I believe kids should be brought up. These days nothing seems to make kids happy anymore!

I just love Reese! I imagine she’s just an awesome Mom to her kids!

Reese seems like she hasn’t lost her “humbleness” even while making 20 million a movie. Her kids seem happy and well-adjusted, and I love the Oscar story! She was superb in Walk the Line.

The Oscar with a hat and scarf is too cute! We never had piles of presents either, we at most had about 5-6 per person, sometimes more or less depending on cost.