Waiting for Superman..I mean Santa
We slept in this morning after staying up late last night cooking and watching movies. We had brunch and then hurriedly readied ourselves for the afternoon church service. The kids sang 3 songs with their choir, and afterwards we spent the evening with good friends for dinner. I was so thankful my girlfriend cooked the main course, and all I had to supply were the desserts.
We will spend what’s left of the evening wrapping presents. I’m not sure what time Santa will arrive, but I have loads of work to do before then.
I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday. Of course, I’m already thinking about when we will resume academics.
Party Time
Today was consumed with party preparations for tonight’s dinner party that I hosted. My son’s soccer team and their families came over, so it was organized chaos for several hours. Great fun, though. There were holiday games with prizes for the adults. This group including myself is quite the competitive crowd, so there was no mercy shown for incorrect answers. The kids sang the Twelve Days of Christmas, and we enjoyed good food and drinks in between. In addition to the party madness, my husband drove my oldest son back into NYC for the day for more auditions. We seem to be frequenting the city quite often now which I love!
Tomorrow brings back the reality of academics. I’m looking forward to what I hope includes several days of uninterrupted studies. Good thing it’s now 2 in the morning, and I haven’t lesson planned. Double-dose of caffeine will be needed.
Christmas consumption
For many reasons I was behind in prepping for the holiday season. Hubby went out after our candlelight service to finish up shopping. He left the store as they were closing. I didn’t even send out Christmas cards this year as I simply ran out of time to do so. So, I’ve been working on New Year’s cards tonight. This event will likely become a tradition for me. To top that, I gave the kids their Advent calendars on December 23rd! Of course, they loved it because they thought they could eat 23 pieces of candy in one sitting! No, I didn’t let them, but they probably could have twisted my arm to do so. It just seems that I haven’t had my Christmas act together this year. However, I have been cooking for the past 2 days, and oddly enough, everything turned out really great. Unfortunately, the kids don’t really care for the traditional holiday meals such as sweet potato casserole and cranberry salad so we have many leftovers. Will need to hit the gym again soon..
We finished up academics a few days ago before breaking for the Christmas holiday. I plan to take maybe 2 or 3 more days away from the schoolroom so that we can regroup around the house, and the kids can enjoy their friends and new toys. I’ll let the pictures say the rest. Happy holidays to you and yours!
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