It's A Jolly Holiday

We had a good time together. We didn’t travel anywhere this year, which is unusual for us. Pretty much every year, in the almost 10 years since we have been married, we have traveled somewhere for holidays. Since Thing 1 was born, we tried to switch off, Thanksgiving with the in-laws, Christmas with my family and then the next year we would switch it around. This year, with Thing 2 being born, and having to travel to Illinois twice – once for a friend’s wedding and once for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary – there was no money to be had for traveling for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. I didn’t mind it much but it bothered The Mr. I am used to staying home for holidays. When I was growing up, we always stayed home and if people wanted to come visit us, that was great but we weren’t going to travel anywhere. The Mr., on the other hand, is used to being around tons of family for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I actually enjoyed being able to relax at home instead of spending time in a crowded airport, running from one gate to another, hoping to arrive at my destination on time.

Anyway, the boys seemed to enjoy themselves and even though we didn’t have tons of people around, it was still chaotic when it came to present opening time. Thing 2 had a great first Christmas. He particularly enjoyed the wrapping paper. Thing 1 got the one gift he was begging for all season, an umbrella, as well as many other gifts that were pretty much surrounding superheroes (Spiderman and The Hulk to be exact).
I hope everyone had a great holiday and that you get to relax before going back to your normal daily activities. Merry Christmas!!