Happy Holidays

As the Christmas school holiday approaches, the busier we become. Getting presents wrapping and delivering them gets stressful with the limited amount of time. The simplest things seem to take more time now that the snow has fallen. I am thankful that we are not 2 hrs north of here as they have over 100cm of sno and we only have maybe 3 cms. I am also thankful that we no longer have to do the weekly drive to pick up and drop off my oldest risking our lives through that weather.
This year has been a first for many things. My youngest is in kindergarten and I now have 2-3 full days without her at home. I am still adjusting, sometimes I am at a lose to what to do with my time, other times it goes by to fast. This week in particular it is going by too fast. We have our annual playgroup potluck christmas party Tuesday and we are buying presents for 9 of her good friends and making chocolate lolly pops for the other 10. Then Tuesday afternoon she has her co-op kindergarten Christmas party with Santa, another 6 lolly pops needed , presents for the teachers and 2 items of supplies for the school and then Wednesday is her big school Christmas party where we need 20 more lolly pops and a gift for the teacher and librarian. I love the Christmas spirit of giving and glad that she is not expecting huge expensive gifts for everyone, but the little gifts take time to find and make and at times I just can't seem to find the extra in the busy schedule. I truly love Christmas for the time of giving and being with family and friends and wish it was all year. I am thankful that I can pass the spirit of giving and caring and kindness on and see it shine through my girls and know that I did something right. It is one of the little bonuses of being Mom.
I take my hat off to all of those Super Mom's who have more then 1 under 5 and make tons of goodies to hand out and the perfectly wrapped presents and seem to put Martha Stewart to the test.