Comments on: How we did on the Christmas fun list https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Meghan https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30770 Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:23:15 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30770 In reply to lauravanderkam.

Thanks for the suggestion! I will check it out – we are always on the lookout for good books. And honestly, I’m not amazing. At all. But my kids are, and I have some good friends, and well, there was still lots of yelling. Sigh. But it’s over for now! It’s also a lot easier to deal with a decent length of separation than constant coming and going like regular business travel, because we can adjust to a new constant routine.

]]> By: Marie https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30769 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:58:03 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30769 We’ve done pretty well, thanks this year to a list I put on my cloud drive. No more scraps of paper to lose! Plus I’ll be able to review it after the holidays and see what activities we want to keep. Time seems more precious every year, and I realize some things on the list have turned into obligations rather than joyful events. Keepers include the Nutcracker, bringing our instruments to play carols at a nearby nursing home, and cookie baking, which has been skipped in the past because we figured we’d just “fit it in.” No such thing around this time of year!

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30768 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:33:09 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30768 In reply to Meghan.

@Meghan – you should check out the story The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree. The mom and daughter haul their big tree down the hills themselves while dad is off fighting in WWI. It’s one of the better stories we’ve read in our literary advent calendar.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30767 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:31:59 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30767 In reply to Meghan.

@Meghan – four months overseas – wow. You are amazing.

]]> By: Meghan https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30766 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:20:09 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30766 We haven’t done much – husband just got back last week from 4 months overseas and it somehow didn’t occur to me that I didn’t have time to put off holidays until he was back! But we did manage a Nutcracker performance with my family the weekend of Thanksgiving, and it was really great. I have 2 boys, but they love it (and the oldest has done father-son ballet dates before – they’re so special!). And we got a tree, although my requirement that I could carry it one-handed means it’s a small one. And of course the travel…that thankfully I could put off until my husband came home! I do agree that planning ahead means things do end up happening – I’d like to do more of that next year.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30765 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:05:02 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30765 In reply to Lacy.

@Lacy- sorry to hear about the stomach bug. I hope you all are recovered!

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30764 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:04:43 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30764 In reply to Jessica.

@Jessica- we haven’t seen that story, but I’ll check it out. And Costco can be its own fun holiday tradition!

]]> By: Jessica https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30763 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:01:59 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30763 Sounds like fun Christmas festivities, I especially like the father-son date to the Nutcracker. I too had planned on only taking my daughter and me, but my 6-year-old son wanted to go too. I was so glad. I think it’s our new annual tradition (my 4 year old got to go to Costco with daddy!).

If your kids haven’t listened to Sparkle Stories Nutcracker story, they should! I think they’ll especially enjoy it since they’ve seen the show.

]]> By: Lacy https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30762 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:40:30 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30762 Your reflections are helping me remember all that we Have done this season as we are all recovering from a stomach bug that hit our family of five this week. My favorite activity has been our weekly advent candle lighting and reading followed closely by celebrating my daughter’s first birthday a couple of weeks ago.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/12/how-we-did-on-the-christmas-fun-list/#comment-30761 Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:30:14 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5834#comment-30761 In reply to Alissa.

@Alissa- the kits are great. We did one from Costco. I can’t imagine doing one from scratch. Ugh.

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