If you guys remember, this time last year, we were moving! We were madly packing, storing, cleaning, purging everything in order to be out of our place at the right time. I feel like I keep saying that this isn’t the Christmas I was hoping for or expecting, and to be straight up, neither was last Christmas. Last Christmas was pure chaos. Because of this, our few small traditions that we had started with the kids got skipped. We have been determined not to let that happen again. Yet its not a secret that this Christmas season has given us a run for our money. Its obviously not been easy.
Our traditions from the past years are very simple. We go out for dessert in the evening, enjoy much more sugar than usual, and then spend the rest of our evening driving around Saskatoon and enjoying the Christmas light displays. The kids love looking at Christmas lights, and they also like dessert, so these seem like obvious, simple choices.
Sadly, sugar doesn’t help the situation we’re in around here. The kids health is definitely improving, but they’re all still emotional wrecks. Very sensitive. VERY. We don’t want to push any of them at this point, because I truly don’t know what I’ll do if everyone backslides and gets sick again. But we don’t want to miss all of our traditions for a second year in a row.
So this evening, we drove to Saskatoon. We picked up my family ring from our jeweller (eeeeek!) and then opted to grab everyone a light supper. No one was super hungry, as has been the trend with the sickies, so they basically just ate apple slices and a few french fries. But it was better than nothing. Then, we drove to the biggest Christmas light display in the Nutana area, then to the Charlie Brown themed street, and then home.
So our traditions were compromised, but not sacrificed. So I can’t complain. By the end of it, the kids were saying they were ready to go home, and no one complained once about it being bedtime. We were SO happy to be able to get them down only 20 minutes later than their usual bedtime!!
Now that they’re down, Brady and I are cooking up yet another meal brought to us by my loving parents, who are helping us SO MUCH by consistently taking things off of our plates. Or, I suppose putting things on our plates? Off of our proverbial plates? You know what I mean. We have been SO well cared for, its almost unbelievable. I am so very much looking forward to supper tonight, and a nice warm bedtime with my hubs. It feels good to have accomplished at least part of our traditions tonight without pushing the envelop too much.
I’ve really learned a lot this Christmas. I can’t wait to recap it all for you. But thats another post.
Merry Christmas lights!!