Missing Christmas

When I am sick my kids come through. I gotta say, I feel terrible for not being more doting on my kiddos when they all had strep for the past few days. I mean of course I took care of them, and let them lie around and watch movies, but now that I have strep myself, Oh my gosh I should have pampered them to no end! I feel really crappy. Anyway, my kids have been awesome. They bring me drinks, bring me medicine, pat my head as they walk by me as I'm lying on the sofa. They ask me how I'm feeling every time they see me. So sweet. I felt terrible when my daughter said, "Mommy, are you going to be sick forever?" "Of course not, sweetie!" Poor kiddo, I must look really crappy. But it has only been 2 days that I have been sick, so that just shows how time seems to move so much slower for kids. When I was little it seemed like eternities between Christmases. I would hate when Christmas ended, and even more hated taking down the Christmas decorations. Today, as a grown up, the Christmases sure seem to be getting a lot closer together. One Christmas ends and I begin thinking about the next Christmas right away. And when the next Christmas comes I feel like we just had Christmas. So, since I hate for my kids to be sad about Christmas ending, I like to try to give them something fun to look forward to. A couple years in a row when we had a fake Christmas tree we would leave it up and decorate it for Valentines Day. We get a real tree now, so we can't do that. But this year I was thinking about working on some Christmas projects throughout the year to be ready for next year. So, maybe I can have the kids do the same thing, just in case they feel the same way I did when I was a kid - missing Christmas. We are supposed to "keep Christmas the whole year through" so maybe this will remind them to do just that. Now I just have to get creative and think of their projects...