So, as the title suggests, yesterday was my first NC Christmas. I was worried my children were going to feel sad. I was worried I was going to be harassed. I was worried that preparing a Christmas meal would be stressful as evidenced by Nmom's frenzy in preparing that meal every year in the past.
Instead, it was marvelous. We woke up and spent two hours opening gifts instead of rushing through it so that we could go to Nmom's house.
We stayed in our pajamas all day. We ate so many breakfast treats that we all decided to put off the big Christmas meal by two hours so we could eat when we felt like it.
We played with our new gifts, played bunches of fun games, and watched movies.
I prepared an amazing, perfectly-cooked prime rib roast and all the fixings (first time cooking prime rib!) It was easy! Not stressful at all!
During the meal, my kids told me that this was way better than eating at Grandma's house and asked if we could do it like this again next year.
Yes!! Yes!! We WILL do this again next year! So happy I could burst :)
Hugs to all who struggled this year and to those who continue to struggle.
Submitted December 26, 2016 at 01:34PM by Zamboniqueen http://ift.tt/2iaUwnf
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