More Christmas and New Years
On December 15th, I got together with my mommy group. I love those girls. 10 years of friendship bonded by our firstborns who only sort of know each other. Then cemented friendship with a little more glue as we all had second children around the same time... again, those kids barely know each other but the moms have kept their sanity by understanding each others trials and successes. So, we celebrated the season and the bond that we share.
Hadley's class had scientists in the school but no volunteers were needed as they are all big enough to stay on task, so instead I helped the SCC put holiday baskets together for a fundraising raffle that was held at the holiday concert.
They looked beautiful and we raised over $900.
Brian's mom came to stay with us for a few days and she was able to enjoy watching the kids concert. Easton did a cute and pretty lengthy song called Hot Cup of Cocoa. So cute! And Hadley did a Victorian Christmas dance and song. It brought me to tears to watch it. It was beautiful.
Brian and I took advantage of having a babysitter in town and went with Shawn and Violette to see Star Wars, The Last Jedi.
Julie joined us for one day to celebrate Christmas on the 23rd.
The next few days were lovely days spent with our immediate family. Low key. We put a new little something on our stockings, watched Cat in the Hat Christmas as we do every year, and had some turkey.
On the 27th we got together with our neighbours to go skating, and met up with my friend Melissa and her family as well.
On the 28th we had Christmas with Brian's dad in Kitchener.
New Years Eve started with a bring your friend to hockey, so Hadley, Brian and Easton went for a fun skate as I don't have full hockey gear, I watched and took a few photos. Then we had a quick lunch before our guests arrived to commence our gaming evening. For the most part the kids were amazing! We did an early countdown thanks to Netflix which allows you to put a countdown on at whatever time, and then we played games until 4am! Easton was up through the night with leg pains, and a 2am hot bath finally helped him to sleep. But hey... I was up anyway.
My house is a mess, but there has been so much love pour through in the last month!
Today I woke up to two dear in the yard, and then after almost a full day of visiting with the guests who stayed over, my family joined me to check out the Uxbridge Fantasy of Lights. I had been wanting to see them all December but life got busy. Then... tonight was the last night and we made it work. I am so glad we did. Christmas lights make my heart happy and this did not disappoint!
Happy New Year!
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Fun times! Christmas is done... now to get the tree out of the house.