10 days until Christmas... what's on your to-do list yet? Me - I have a menu to plan, a few simple goodies to try, a few Christmas cards to fill out... And yet I want to keep it simple this year. The plan is working so far...
- We are not travelling anywhere for Christmas!
- I am not sending out 100+ Christmas cards
- My Christmas shopping was done by December 1st
- My gifts are all wrapped and displayed as part of my decor already
And I'm finding that I can enjoy the season a whole lot more when I do stuff ahead. I'm making the big turkey dinner for Tech Guy's family (only 7 adults and 3 kids!), which is a first for me, and I've decided to do as much ahead as I can. Pioneer Woman has great ideas from her Thanksgiving posts, so I'm going to try those... and my mom- and sister-in-law will bring the goodies!
Christmas can be a hectic and stressful time, if you let it... but we've decided to teach our boys, besides the obvious Christian reason behind Christmas, that this is a time to appreciate family, to learn a little more about giving, and a little less about being stressed out. This morning we put together a gingerbread house, and I have to admit I lost my cool a little. But really? It's not worth it. So what if Noodle ate all the candy he was supposed to put on the house. So what if Buster spilled all the really tiny little candies all over the dining room. So what if the gingerbread house didn't hold together well. The point is, we did something together, created something beautiful that no one can take away from me... a mom's precious time with her swiftly growing boys. And that... is what Christmas is about.
Christmas can be a hectic and stressful time, if you let it... but we've decided to teach our boys, besides the obvious Christian reason behind Christmas, that this is a time to appreciate family, to learn a little more about giving, and a little less about being stressed out. This morning we put together a gingerbread house, and I have to admit I lost my cool a little. But really? It's not worth it. So what if Noodle ate all the candy he was supposed to put on the house. So what if Buster spilled all the really tiny little candies all over the dining room. So what if the gingerbread house didn't hold together well. The point is, we did something together, created something beautiful that no one can take away from me... a mom's precious time with her swiftly growing boys. And that... is what Christmas is about.
do you make your gingerbread house from scratch? I have never made one and thinking about it with the boys... what did you do?
ReplyDeleteActually this one was just a kit I bought at Superstore for about $6. It had all the pieces cut out, a huge icing pack (way more than I needed) and tons of candy. Totally worth it! But I grew up making homemade ones every year, I'm just not that dedicated right now... =)
ReplyDeleteSo jealous!!!
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