Christmas Eve

I've almost finished the doll dresses I decided to make for my girls. Just a little hand sewing and they're done. I haven't gotten Mr. Vinca's present yet. Nothing has been wrapped yet. I have stocking stuffers and plan on making wassail tonight for our reading of the Christmas Story. I hope to make some dairy-free fudge as well (another recipe contained in Traci's Transformational Recipe Collection... review coming soon) and some cashew butter cookies. We'll see how this afternoon goes.

However, no matter how little decorations we have up this year, I'm having fun this Christmas. I managed to stay on top of the Advent calendar... which helped tremendously with the "When is Christmas?" demands. Our family has another little member and he's fitting in very well. We've learned a lot about health and priorities this past year and it's showing in everyone's health and good spirits this Christmas. This will probably also be the last Christmas where we focus so much on being home together. Next year is probably going to be full of community events and getting the kids out and around more... especially our little Social Butterflies. So, this is the last year I'll have for a while where things will be relatively quiet.

I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.

Christmas is coming

And I'm not even close to ready. At least I've got the toys for the kids and I have a few decorations up. No tree this year since I have nightmarish visions of my toddler yanking out all the branches. Instead, we have a mini-tree on the fireplace mantle. We've kind of managed to keep up with our advent calender, mostly because one of my kids has been obsessing about keeping up with it. :)

Today, we finish buying what we need for Christmas dinner and I get to work on the last bit of stuff for the presents. Hopefully, we'll be able to go see Christmas lights for our family activity this week. It's been a tradition every year but this one has turned out unseasonably cold and miserable. I'm not sure I want to go driving around with a little newborn in this kind of weather. We may just stay home, read a book, and drink some dairy-free, sugar-free hot cocoa... or better yet, some wassail.

My goal? To have Christmas Eve completely free of any activity beyond relaxing on the couch with my husband.