We stayed at my parents for 7 days (normal for us).
Christmas was so relaxing, we took out time opening gifts and enjoying them.
The boys are very excited for our getaway to Great Wolf Lodge at the end of January. Especially because it's a 3day/2night trip this time around and they all received PAW passes.
We all received tickets to see Disney on Ice last Sunday. My BFF and her family joined us. This was the first time Nathan has attended. The smiles on his face were worth every single penny! This is something that we all did many years ago (back when both of us only had 2 kids...LOL)
I'm hoping to make a date with Mr. Nate for our spring break to see the Frozen show!
This year was a little different then what we are all use too,normally my parents host a family Christmas on Boxing Day (December 26), but this year they opted not too. We still had a small get together with some of the family.
It was so nice and relaxing to not be stressing and food prepping all night Christmas Day. We decided to have a spaghetti dinner as our Christmas dinner.
On Boxing Day we had the traditional sit down dinner with Turkey and ham and all the trimmings.
We set up tables (both and adult and kids table) and all 13 of us sat and enjoyed dinner and conversation.
Typically we would have 23-27 people crammed into my parents basement and pre Nathan we would do eithe pot luck dinner or order dinner out. In more recent years we order out from Nathan safe restaurant and I do all the baking and other food prep so that I can keep him as safe as possible when there are that many people around. See where the stress part came in.
Even though I took on the role of cooking both meals this year as well, it was so laid back it didn't seem like such enormous task.
Because of the Disney on Ice show, my BFF and her family had an extended stay.
Her hubby cooked us all breakfast the morning of the 27th, I had dinner duty the night of the 27th and then they had dinner duty after the show in the 28th.
Essie pessie! Everyone had a say in what would be made/eat and not once did I have to be concerned about Nathan being safe. She completely understands how anxious I get when it comes to feed him.
Monday night after work we "moved" back home...and we were all ready to be back in our own home and beds!
New Years year I took the time to unpack and reorganized the house (my dinning room is now a kidcave)
The boys received tablets for Christmas so we were able to eliminate our giant table/computer desk and now have a couch. The boys no longer have a tv in there room (which is making bedtime much more peaceful).
We rang in the new year with a family movie night, Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum 2 (both I highly recommend for a family night!). Apparently the 3rd on is coming to theatres shortly so we will have a family night @ the movies to see it (a girlfriend of mine surprised me with movie passes for the entire family!)
Speaking of suprises, as funny as this is, the friend I told you about that myself, my mom, my BFF and another girlfriend adopted for Christmas,suprises me (with the help of my mom) with a beautiful painting that almost brought tears to my eyes.
I love it! It's now hanging proudly in my room and I get to wake up to it every morning. It truly you ha my heart that with everything she had in her plate this holiday season she took time out to paint this for me. Oh and as far as I'm aware she hasn't figured out who her secret Santa was.....hehehe 🎅
After 2 weeks of unscheduled routines Ivan honestly say we are ALL ready to get back in track! Back to school & back to routine!
Couple extra pictures....
No comments:
Post a Comment