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Holiday Survival Guide
Less is more over the holidays–for us and our kids.
We try to assess our energy level and adjust our expectations and activities to match. One year Kelly made three pies from scratch (and she’s not a baker) for a holiday dinner. She woke the next day with a sinus infection that lasted weeks.
Lots of people will be baking cookies for teachers and designing homemade cards–it’s wonderful but not necessary. We do the best we can and find our own creative gifting moments–a holiday stamp easy for the kids to use for making decorations, a special candle they wrap in tissue paper.
Young children delight in simplicity, setting out crayons to draw grandma at picture or wrapping one present a day are ways to celebrate the holidays without overwhelming them.
The holidays are also an opportunity to create family traditions–lighting a candle while reading books on a special night, taking a walk before or after a meal, decorating cookies, visiting a street in the neighborhood with lots of decorations, giving away toys, or making family pancakes or waffles.
We inevitably spend at least one entire day in our pajamas, celebrating and appreciating just being together.
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