Christmas time is here

Apparently Maliea has been entering the car each morning in a cheerful way announcing how many more days till Christmas. To which Michael and Chaiya just grumble. I adore Maliea! 99.5% of the time she truly embodied what Christmas means. She is always loving. She is always kind. When she is involved in enjoying life, she is right there being present in the moment. She has a pure heart. I was observing some of the girls at church and what is really refreshing about Maliea is that she is real!! She always hopes in the best and believes it can happen. I am so blessed having her as my daughter.

Now the grumblers....I am trying to adjust to having two melancholics in the house who feed off of each other. This year is the first year that Chaiya is financially aware of what Christmas cost and being a teenager on hormones... well you get the picture. Michael must have some serious programming issues cause he just doesn't care all together and says he'll worry about things on the 24th. Oh Joy!

So today I really am going to attempt to get the house decorated , maybe go find a tree even if it is just me, Maliea, and the younger ones. Make some goodies and try to get into the spirit. Okay I know Christmas is in a week and a half and my lesson at church had advise on having things done earlier so one could enjoy the meaning and not be stressed by the preparation; need to take my own advice.
Hope everyone else has done a better job than I. Happy Wednesday!