Christmas Shenanigans and New Year projects…
Wowza! 2010 Christmas Shenanigans are well underway…heck, nearly over ~ it went so fast I feel like we hit a time warp! I did feel more stressed this year than usual, we did host more parties than usual, I have another kiddo to look after…and that didn’t help with the speed with which the holidays slipped past me!
For the first time in 70-something years we had a white Christmas in Winston. As in, it actually started snowing right before noon on Christmas day and it snowed throughout the rest of the day and into the night, giving us quite an impressive pile up of glistening puffy snow. Family members were careful going home, little ones pressed their noses to the windows at various points in the day to ooh and ahh…it was lovely!
Matt cooked another beautiful turkey & we had a few sides, my brother made his famous carrot cake and icing (both from scratch!!) and we had a take-it-easy kind of day. No formal table settings, no scheduled timing for anything…the little ones ate, napped, and played and we enjoyed the company of those we love. A favorite of all three toddlers was a giant Thomas train that wheels all over the place or follows a special red flashlight thing as you aim it on the floor. Evan & Zeb’s playroom is twice as full today as it was just Friday, and Evan has gone a bit bonkers with all the new additions!
Sadly, the Christmas cleanup is an inevitable downer after the holidays and looms in my future…undoing the GIANT tree, organizing my ornament & decor boxes this year, and packing away the wreaths. Boo. At least I can drink hot chocolate while doing it! And Evan loves helping take things to the trash can, so he can be my little helper.
There are a few projects I’ll soon be tackling now that the holidays are winding down and they are – in no particular order:
1) Starting potty training with Evan
2) Transitioning Evan’s crib to toddler bed
3) Plugging in the wii again and using my new dance games
4) getting organized for our upcoming trip to Europe
5) BASEMENT project needs to be wrapped up, inspected, and then cleaned/put away/tidied up
What are some of your projects coming up in the new year?
