This year I have realized that I need to have priorities when it comes to Christmas and what gets done around the house. Last year it seemed "easy" to get everything done because I was still home on maternity leave. This meant that every day I could do a couple more things around the house to make it a little more Christmas-y, and I didn't feel like I was taking away from family time in the evenings. Now that I am back to work and we have just a couple precious hours with Little Man before he goes to be at night, I have realized that there are some things that are just going to have to give this year. I can do a lot of things, but I can't do everything.
Last weekend we were able to go out and get our tree before the great snow storm that arrived on Sunday, and boy am I glad we did. It was a miserably cold day, but we managed to find a tree fairly quickly and get back home to the warmth pretty fast. The snow allowed us to get lights on the tree Tuesday while all three of us were home due to the snow, and besides that, nothing has been done to the tree, and I'm okay with that. We have a tree, we will be able to put presents AROUND the tree, and there are lights and the star on top. If we don't get a single ornament on the tree this year it will be okay.
Yes, there is a part of me that wants to make this Christmas and every Christmas, perfect for Little Man, but I am realizing that with the perfection also comes disappointment and stress for me, and that's not worth it. There were a few things that I decided were "musts" for Christmas this year. Tree with lights AND the star, tree skirt around the tree, Nativity on the mantle with advent candles (which I must admit have NOT been lit this year), and stockings hung by the chimney with care. Those things seemed like deal breakers to me. It we didn't have them, it couldn't be Christmas.
This year I have realized that I need to have priorities when it comes to Christmas and what gets done around the house. Last year it seemed "easy" to get everything done because I was still home on maternity leave. This meant that every day I could do a couple more things around the house to make it a little more Christmas-y, and I didn't feel like I was taking away from family time in the evenings. Now that I am back to work and we have just a couple precious hours with Little Man before he goes to be at night, I have realized that there are some things that are just going to have to give this year. I can do a lot of things, but I can't do everything.
Last weekend we were able to go out and get our tree before the great snow storm that arrived on Sunday, and boy am I glad we did. It was a miserably cold day, but we managed to find a tree fairly quickly and get back home to the warmth pretty fast. The snow allowed us to get lights on the tree Tuesday while all three of us were home due to the snow, and besides that, nothing has been done to the tree, and I'm okay with that. We have a tree, we will be able to put presents AROUND the tree, and there are lights and the star on top. If we don't get a single ornament on the tree this year it will be okay.
Yes, there is a part of me that wants to make this Christmas and every Christmas, perfect for Little Man, but I am realizing that with the perfection also comes disappointment and stress for me, and that's not worth it. There were a few things that I decided were "musts" for Christmas this year. Tree with lights AND the star, tree skirt around the tree, Nativity on the mantle with advent candles (which I must admit have NOT been lit this year), and stockings hung by the chimney with care. Those things seemed like deal breakers to me. It we didn't have them, it couldn't be Christmas.
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