"What I Want for Christmas Is..."

Well, December is upon us and before we know it Christmas will be here! (21 days to be precise) Mike and I started discussing what we wanted to get or the girls, my mom and others have asked for gift ideas. Mike and I realized we have no idea what the girls want for Christmas! Cora, well she is easy and since Dimitri is the 1st boy he is as well, but the older 3 are starting to get a little more difficult (esp Helen and Emma) So we decided to ask them I found that most of what they asked for was either way too expensive or not going to happen! Here is some of what they asked for:

Helen: Polly pockets, princess and dancing dress up clothes, American Girl doll, Her own little nativity set,
Book Ideas: Rainbow Fairy Chapter book series, Amelia Bedelia books: (all the ones we don't have) AB and the baby, Teach Us AB, thank You AB, AB and the Surprise Shower, AB Goes Camping, AB’s family Album, Good Driving AB, and AB 4 Major

Emma: A real puppy, American Girl doll, Polly Pocket, baby doll, real hamster,
stuffed Crocodile(?!)

Susie: Train set(one that goes around the Christmas tree), toy doggie, real pet (hamster or dog), Polly Pocket, Dinosaur books, Easy reading books, Sled, Notebook (Her own), Toy Candle, Baby doll and bottle, toy Christmas wreath, calendar, toy rose, toy dinosaur, flash cards, Dr set

It appeared to me like Susie wanted to have a big list so she started asking for toys of things she saw around her like the toy candle, rose, calendar and Christmas wreath! We are not going to get a dog or a hamster and if anyone buys one for us I will not be happy!
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A Dose of Reality!

Today Cora said, "I wish I was poor." I am not sure why she wants to be poor, I asked her and she said, "I don't know." I said, "Well, we kind of are poor," Cora said, "No. Poor people don't have houses."

Well, she is right. I have been worrying so much lately. You know all this economic mess going on, we all worry about it, especially here in MI. We live week to week, day to day, never knowing when Mike is going to get paid for all the hard work he puts in for his customers, Trusting that God will provide for our needs and he has. I am a pessimist. I don't like that about myself, and I am working on myself to not be. I ask myself, how am I going to feed my family protein this week with only 2 lbs of ground beef and a pork loin? Then I search the deep freezer and find meat in it that I don't remember seeing yesterday! I know God is going to continue providing for us if we ask him and trust in him. He has so much in the past when Mike was laid off. He is going to provide for us always. I think we forget how much we have here in USA. We have so many blessings that we take for granted. Like Cora pointed out to me in an innocent way. We have a house, a car, a family (& community) that helps us when we are not able to take care of ourselves. God is going to give us what we need.