Low key and exactly what we needed. Maybe it's just what I needed.
I did some baking.
Did a little shopping.
Drove around and saw Christmas lights.
Leading up to Christmas was a little weird, though.
I think maybe it was because it fell on a Sunday this year.
So, like, we completed a full week before having a holiday.
My work is awesome and closed up shop pretty early - like 11:30am, if I recall on Friday.
The day before was my company holiday party so that was pretty low-key as well and a few hours was spent at a "playhouse restaurant" that had arcade games and food/drink.
It was a super cool venue and on a Thursday afternoon, it was virtually empty.
After a few hours hanging with my coworkers, I headed back in time to get the girls off the bus.
The girls ended up having a snow day Friday because of the extremely cold temperatures and high winds.
It went from 40 degrees and raining on Thursday to 1 degree on Friday.
That meant everything froze.
Lots of people lost power. I'm super grateful we did not.
We lost power for all of 3 seconds but then it came back on and stayed on.
We had no concrete plans for Friday or Saturday, so we enjoyed the downtime.
Steve was off o work on Saturday, Christmas Eve, so we each took a kid and did some last-minute shopping.
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| So, so cold. |
I made a big breakfast for Christmas Eve morning. Nothing makes me happier than cooking a big breakfast on a day when I have zero obligations.
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| Ava's favorite: breakfast potatoes |
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| Homemade sausage gravy |
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| So good! |
After shopping, we put Christmas movies on, jammies on, and were grazing on snacks the rest of the day.
It was glorious.
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| We had to set an alarm to wake up since the girls were insistent on staying up to catch Santa in action. |
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| He was so proud to get his own gift |
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| The sweatshirt Mila got for her. |
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| pure chaos 💗 |
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| The most popular gift this year! A hoverboard! |
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| She loved her new wiener blanket! |
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| New squishmellows! |
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| Reading a card from Aunt Lili |
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| meanwhile... |
We headed to my mom's after lunchtime so we could do presents and dinner at her house. The girls wanted to dive in immediately, but I made them wait - I had to at least get the roast in!
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| Christmas #2. In their glory. Just look at their faces! 💖 |
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| She was a little overwhelmed but did great overall. |
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| Ava's turn on the hoverboard and I'm shocked at how quickly they picked up on it! |
My office was also closed on Monday the 26th, and I enjoyed a PTO day Tuesday.
I imagine the rest of the week will be very quiet - many folks I know are taking the whole week off.
My office is closed half-day on Friday the 30th and then closed on Monday again for New Year's.
I'm going to enjoy the quiet for as long as I can.
Happy Holidays, everyone!
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