There's no time to waste! There's so much to celebrate!

Well, it is quite funny that today's image should be Santa hats! It is currently 8:30am and I JUST finished up 3 1/2 hours of wrapping! Yes, if you do the math correctly, that means I was up at 5am wrapping presents! And if you do the calendar calculations correctly, yes, this is my FIRST day of Christmas Break (and on a side note, today was one of the first Saturdays since Basketball started that I didn't HAVE to wake up and take Erika to practice....Oh the joys of an internal clock!).

Anyway, I just finished up wrapping everything I had here. There are still gifts that have to be delivered and then I'll wrap some more on Tuesday! OH BOY!!!  I love the hustle and bustle of the season!!!! I also managed to wrap my husband's anniversary gifts, too, because I have a feeling he does snoop a bit, even though he claims he doesn't!! This Christmas Day marks 4 years of wedded bliss with the man of my dreams! Feels like we've been together forever, and in a sense, I guess we have! I would be remiss if I didn't mention, again (sorry to all who are tired of hearing it), just how lucky I am!!!

I guess you can tell the mood of today's blog is desperately different than yesterday's! I had a wonderful Christmas celebration with my wee ones!!! I've never seen children (besides my own, mind you), who were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thrilled with simple little gifts! I would also be remiss in this blog if I didn't give a HUGE shout out to A.C. Moore for their awesome deals and for treating teachers so wonderfully with a 15% discount with the school ID. Amazing the gifts I was able to get my little darlings without truly breaking the bank!!!!! Each of my wee ones were given a Pillow Pet Pee Wee (that matched the student in one way or another!), coloring book, activity stuff, holiday pencils and erasers, candy cane, and a puzzle! To see their faces light up at the gifts was simply ALL I needed to be reminded how innocent children truly are!!! From start to finish in the classroom yesterday, it was all I could ever ask for as a teacher!

I've still got a bit of things to do before the big day, but as of now, I am going to sit with my cup of coffee, fireplace aglow, Christmas music in the background, wrapped in my grandma's afghan, and just enjoy the peace of the moment!!!

Until tomorrow, my friends....believe in what your heart is saying! Hear the melody that's playing! There's no time to waste! There's so much to celebrate! Believe in what you feel inside and give your dreams the wings to fly!!! You have everything you need......If you just believe!!!!!

Think Thankfully!!!!