Holiday Post-Mortem
Now that the work part of the holidays is over, we can finally sit back, relax a little bit, and think about how to make next year go better.
This was Miri's first Christmas, which is the same thing as saying it was our first Christmas with a baby in the house. That changed some things, which we expected, and the presence of nine adults and four kids for Christmas dinner changed some other things which we didn't expect. Even though we knew the kids would get tired and go nuts and that we had to have dinner ready before then, and even though we tried, it just didn't happen. Oof.
Christmas Dinner Lesson One: Afternoon snacks need to chosen to require minimal prep time/space and to be served where they can be left so that the dinner table does not have to be cleared and re-set right before dinner. The table should be cleared and set long before dinner, and the snacks should live somewhere else.
Even though we gave up on sending out cookies this year, there were still too many things to do and not enough time to enjoy doing them this year... I think part of that was that I was gone for fully half of October and November, part of it was the colds, and part of it was just Miri's schedule not being settled down yet. I'm sure next year will be as interesting in an unpreparable way... we'll see!
Speaking of colds, we are still getting over this latest one that I picked up at the office over a week ago. Note to sick co-workers: STAY HOME OR DON'T SNEEZE ON ME! We're missing another Christmas Euchre on account of it, very disappointed.
Here's a photo of Miri in her First Christmas outfit in front of the tree:
This was Miri's first Christmas, which is the same thing as saying it was our first Christmas with a baby in the house. That changed some things, which we expected, and the presence of nine adults and four kids for Christmas dinner changed some other things which we didn't expect. Even though we knew the kids would get tired and go nuts and that we had to have dinner ready before then, and even though we tried, it just didn't happen. Oof.
Christmas Dinner Lesson One: Afternoon snacks need to chosen to require minimal prep time/space and to be served where they can be left so that the dinner table does not have to be cleared and re-set right before dinner. The table should be cleared and set long before dinner, and the snacks should live somewhere else.
Even though we gave up on sending out cookies this year, there were still too many things to do and not enough time to enjoy doing them this year... I think part of that was that I was gone for fully half of October and November, part of it was the colds, and part of it was just Miri's schedule not being settled down yet. I'm sure next year will be as interesting in an unpreparable way... we'll see!
Speaking of colds, we are still getting over this latest one that I picked up at the office over a week ago. Note to sick co-workers: STAY HOME OR DON'T SNEEZE ON ME! We're missing another Christmas Euchre on account of it, very disappointed.
Here's a photo of Miri in her First Christmas outfit in front of the tree: