Christmas was fabulous. No one was sick! I couldn't believe it. That in itself was a Christmas present to Derek and I. The past few years have not been so good to us around this time.
I feel like every year gets a little more magical with the boys & a little bit tougher keeping the Santa secret. So many questions about the jolly man, their elf on the shelf, and the reindeer. "How does Santa eat so many cookies without getting a belly ache?" "How do the reindeer fly?" "I saw two Santas at school today and they were different" "Can I eat that many cookies?"
Another year in the books and Derek & I are high fiving each other. He gets all the credit for our elf on the shelf--I didn't participate at all this year. Its one of those love hate relationship type things.
New years is usually pretty low key for us. I ended up getting the flu and was down for the count. Derek took over everything--meals, cleaning, playing, therapy, laundry, grocery shopping. I won the husband jackpot with this fella! Now we are five days into the new year & I am finally feeling back to normal and regaining my energy. I took all things Christmas down and our house is feeling more bare than ever. I am ready for tulips, Easter, and all things baseball! I do have a couple painting projects to hold me over for the next couple of months, so hopefully Maks will let me get some of that done.
Today is kind of a bitter sweet day, its my brother's birthday. Each year gets a wee bit easier as the special days pass without him, but hes never far from my thoughts. Today we will celebrate with some yummy treats and I'm sure a few hundred questions from the boys--they are always so interested in who uncle Tyler was.
my Maks alarm is going off, nap time is over!
happy friday friends
xoxo
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