My little family have been such a couple of troopers as I’ve spun off in my Christmas frenzy. Atti has gotten used to too much Sesame Street, Bear has gotten used to handling most of the cooking and cleaning, and both of them would like me to take my head out of the projects long enough to actually spend some family time together.
After years of going along with extended family traditions, I’ve put my foot down since Atti was born. Now I want to establish our own traditions, which include Santa coming to our house and Atti waking up in his own bed Christmas morning. So we’ll have a big dinner tonight, wake up and open presents, have a nice breakfast, and then hit the road to drive down to Grandma’s house. We’ll be staying with them for nearly a week, and I’ve promised that there will be no working while on vacation.
So I’ll be taking some time away from these pages until I get back to town at the end of next week, and I hope to have nothing to show from my time away besides lots of games and snuggles and quality time.
I hope all of you have a joyous Christmas surrounded by the people you love. Thanks for spending this time with me.