This will be our first Christmas, at home, by ourselves. Which means, we are discovering how to create Christmas our way. Scary, overwhelming, and totally fun.
My Christmas Fear: Spending too much time Christmas shopping too close to Christmas, and in so doing, subconsciously making Christmas all about the presents, and leaving no room or time for quality Christmas spiritedness. And I may spend way too much time shopping year round as it is. And, if you've read this blog long enough, you know how Allen and I feel about presents (HINT: they're dumb...unless they are for me, of course).
That said, shopping is complete (I'm the bomb!!!) and New Tradition #1 has been birthed: We're doing 12 days of Christmas. Nothing formal, or big. Just a little something special each day that we can do together as a family to get the kids to stop focusing on Santa for five seconds and instead, hopefully, remind us of the true meaning of Christmas.
However, Monday Allen didn't get home from work until super late, so Christmas day is going to count as the 12th day of Christmas this year. Off to a rocking start. Don't let the kids know they are getting jipped.
First Day of Christmas:
We opened a new book, my very favorite: The Giving Tree
After our fabulous evening conversation about the joy we feel from giving and not receiving, I was certain we were all going to wake up lovey dovey. So, it makes total sense that by 7am Linley had nearly given Tessa a black eye because she was hogging too much of the couch. The massive-14-football-players-can-be-seated-comfortably-on couch. Merry Christmas.
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