The holidays seemed to get away from me pretty quick this year. Or I should say blogging about the holidays and after seemed to get away from me pretty quick. This year was pretty similar to past years. Christmas Eve mass, with dinner and gifts at Vicky's. Then Christmas morning at our house, so Santa can come and visit. Then Christmas afternoon and evening dinner with my folks for my birthday and gifts, and then the day after it was ice skating, dinner and gifts at Jerry's house. It just so happened that Russ's alumni hockey game was that morning, so we watched Russ skate at his old home rink while the kids and I huddled under my new fleece Bears blanket, also under the barely warm heaters.
The next day was Vicky's 12/12/12 birthday celebration so that everyone could come and visit. We saw some out-of-town guests that we don't get a chance to see very often and got ready for Trevor's hockey practices and games. Gwen had caught yet another cold, so we spent 120 minutes at the minute clinic to get a prescription for an ear infection before driving out to the lake for New Years weekend. We got to see a few more families there before heading back on New Years Day since the kids had school the next day and my parents left for Florida that morning.
The kids got spoiled and the family got some new toys that we are still trying to work the kinks out of. But it was a wonderful holiday season to spend as a family. It was hard to get thrown right back into the heavy routine of all the activities the kids have. I decided to finally cave and let the kids try out the after school program that working families sometimes use. I knew it would save me a trip to school on Mondays since Trevor already stays after for Chess club and also knew I couldn't get away with only letting Gwen use it since Trevor had been asking too. So now, twice a week, I get an extra hour and a half without the kids. Assuming the weather is nice enough, the kids also have the option of going outside and being on the playground. Gwen used that to its full potential on her first day and was complaining that I should leave again to give her more outside time. It's a pretty sweet deal for me!
Russ went on a little vacation with his dad and brother to play baseball with the Twins. Sounds like they had a blast and only got rained out one day. He was gone 10 days, over the stretch of two weekends. That was a strange adjustment having him gone on the weekends. Poor Gwen didn't like all the extra hockey things she had to come along for. Trevor ended up asking to not play in a hockey game on Saturday because he came down with a bad cold. I was watching for a fever, but it never occurred, thankfully. Even with most of the entire day that we never left the house, it was such an exhausting two weekends. But it does keep the time flying by.
Now, since the holidays are over, it is already time to start thinking about the summer. By the end of the month, the summer programs are usually published and we already have the traveling baseball tryout dates. It always makes me feel a little warmer to start pushing forward towards summer, after the holidays. There is a lot to get done to make it through to that point next!
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