not too old yet

I invited my four grandchildren to come to my place this afternoon to help me decorate my Christmas tree.  This has become a tradition over the last many years, but this was the first time in my new apartment. Some years it's not all of us, sometimes one or more of their parents pitch in, but every year I have some help.  This year however I found myself wondering if they are getting too old to want to help.  At 14, 13, 13 and 11 they're not babies any more and there was a little bit of grumbling last week when I mentioned the idea. But, once we were all together they pitched right in, got all of the ornaments on the tree in two hours, snacked, laughed, teased each other, and ended up on the floor playing a rousing game of Jumping Monkeys. My tree looks just as cluttered, busy, messy, sparkly beautiful as it always does. I'm glad they're not too old yet.