All I want for Christmas...

I love the sweet moments you get to have with your children, and witness the proof that the simple things in life mean more to them than we could even imagine. Tonight I was busy sweeping up the floor, after putting up our REAL Christmas tree...needles are everywhere, and I'm trying to hurry before my piles of dirt get walked through. Max notices all of a sudden that I'm sweeping up the dirt with the small broom and dust pan, and says, "Mom! I want to do that! I want to help you!" He goes and grabs a second set that we have and starts sweeping away. And I say to him, "Max, I'm going to get you the same vaccuum sweeper as Grandma Nana has at her house so you can sweep our floors everyday." And he says, with excitement, "Sure mom! That would be awesome! Then I sweep the floors everyday!" So I decide to push it a little further and say to him, "Max, is it okay with you if Santa brings you only that for Christmas and nothing else? No toys? Just the vaccuum?" To which he replies again, without any hesitation, "Yeah! Sure mom! Sure!" How can that not melt a mom's heart? There you have it mom. Just buy us your same sweeper and we're all good. That's the gift that will keep on giving all year long.