Another two weeks has flown by, and I'm just not doing a good job of keeping up with my blogging. These past couple of weeks have been filled with Christmas activities and have flown by.
On December 15th, Emma and I made brownies to celebrate her half birthday at school. Since she is a summer baby, she never gets to celebrate at school. She had a lot of fun making brownies and getting to wear her birthday hat at school since she usually doesn't get to do that.
We also spent a lot of evenings over the past couple of week watching classic Christmas movies. We watched Home Alone, The Polar Express, Elf, Jingle Jangle, The Grinch, and Rudolf. It was really fun to watch these movies with the kids, and they really enjoyed them. We also had some great evenings filled with Hot Cocoa and Christmas crafts. I really love the Christmas season.
On Sunday, December 20th, we had the Children's Christmas Program. Because of Covid, we could only have immediate family there, but both kids did a really good job. They both knew their parts, and all the words to their songs and sang nice and loud. Elliott looked really sharp in his Suit and tie, and was not nervous at all being up in front of church. Emma looked beautiful in her dress, and did a really great job up there as well. After the program, we rushed out to Jim and Barb's house for supper and to drop the kids off for the week. The kids had the next full two weeks off from school, so we packed up their stuff and sent them to Grandma and Grandpa's for the week.
John and I spent the week running errands, buying last minute Christmas presents, and eating out for supper. We really had a pretty busy week even without kids. We missed them, but it was nice to just be able to get done what we needed to without any whining or complaining.
On Christmas Eve, I worked for a couple hours in the morning, and then we headed to Jim and Barb's house to have Christmas with the Nelsons. The kids were every excited to see us, and asked about every 5 minutes when we could open presents. Once Jeff and Sam arrived, we opened gifts. Everyone got spoiled, and had a really great Christmas. We all got Carrhart stocking caps, and of course some cash. Barb also went a little crazy and made ham, Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, creamed peas, and like 8 different desserts. It was all really good, but just way too much food.
The kids had a great time playing with their new toys, and we all had a good time playing a new game called "Throw, Throw, Burrito". We left around 7:30pm. We put the kids in their pajamas and they were asleep about 5 minutes into our drive.
Christmas Day was another whirlwind. We went to church in the morning, and then we had our family celebration at home and let the kids open our presents for them at home. They had a blast, and got way too much stuff. After some lunch and packing, we hit the road and headed to Minnesota for my side of the family Christmas celebration. We got to my parent's house around supper time, and enjoyed a quiet evening of visiting and playing some games with the kids. We also got a phone call that Jeff and Samantha had gotten engaged on Christmas Day. Very exciting!!
The day after Christmas was our actual Christmas celebration with the Kieckers. We watched some old family videos in the morning, and then everyone arrived in time for dinner. And, Ryan brought a girlfriend, Emily, to Christmas. We were all pretty surprised, but very happy to see Ryan with a girlfriend. It was a big holiday for our brothers! We had a great dinner of Meatballs, mashed potatoes, squash, corn, and a salad. Then, we opened gifts. Again. The kids loved everything they got, and had fun trying out their new toys. We spent the afternoon drinking wine and playing games. Emily was pretty quiet, but she seemed to have a good time and tolerated us crazy Germans pretty well. We ended the evening with some Sheepshead and called it a holiday. It was definitely weird to not see extended family or do the normal Christmas celebrations, but it was still a good holiday.
Sunday was a clean up, pack up and head home kind of day. We finally got home at around 3:00pm, and just felt like we had a holiday hangover. We spent the day cleaning, unpacking, settling in, and getting back to normal. The kids headed out to Jim and Barb's house on Monday morning, and they are still there until at least Thursday. It's been a a crazy couple of weeks, I miss my kids, and I'm about ready for the normal routine and school and homework and everything.
This week John and I have had a quieter week. I've been going to the Gym, getting the Christmas decorations cleaned up, and just enjoying quiet evenings at home. Tonight, we are going to have some Chipotle and watch Die Hard. I'm pretty excited.
Tomorrow, we plan on getting the kids settled back at home again, and getting them ready to think about school again on Monday.
Happy New Year. Good Riddance to 2020.
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