I usually spend the day after Thanksgiving decorating. This year I had to spend it cooking 2 turkeys for a Thanksgiving thing at church (Derek was supposed to do it but called in to work), picking up Ben, and at wrestling practice. Then on the Saturday I took Ben to the only wrestling tournament he could compete in (the rest are on Sundays). So getting the decor up took WAY longer than usual. It was very frustrating for me. But by Dec. 1 it was all done. (This was honestly made more frustrating because I wanted to do some new fun things inspired by watching too many holiday decor facebook reels. I had to abandon these ideas and focus on getting the decor up and done.)
New Tradition:
The girls (especially Libby) wanted new headphones for wrestling season. They were on sale early in the shopping season. Ben really wanted a Lego advent calendar. I decided to combine their desires with a new little gift event. December 1st we had a special holiday family dinner (it's hard to even have a regular family dinner these days). We gave them each headphones and an advent calendar (which they have really enjoyed.)
I guess it's too late to start a new tradition when one of our kids will likely be out of the house next year...but I can send an advent calendar and another gift wherever she is, right?
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| For our special family dinner, we had holiday pizza and spaghetti (one of my coping mechanisms for this insane time is to make 2 dinners on Sunday so we can have leftovers throughout the week.) |
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| Sarah requested this salad. |
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| The new headphones! They have gotten a lot of use! |
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