Actually, I guess if I was just starting to get ready, I'd be running really late right now. Our tree went up after Thanksgiving. Shopping is close to being done.
I found myself thinking back to years when I wasn't so stressed, so exhausted, so stretched thin by my job. And I miss those days. I miss how much fun we had with our busy holiday schedule- busy because we were focusing on family fun, not because we had errands and list to complete.
Indianapolis offers so much for families in the holiday season.
Indiana State Museum: Celebration Crossing
Conner Prairie
Christmas at the Zoo
Trader's Point Creamery: Christmas On The Farm
And there's more - live nativity scenes, Christmas programs and pageants and plays, the Children's Museum, all the malls.
Everything is decked out and offering lots of fun and interesting things to do this holiday season.
We can't possibly do them all and I'm not going to even bother trying to make some crazy schedule. With everything we have going on these days, I far prefer to pick 1 thing to do, maybe 2. Our weekends are very important "down time" for our family - we all need time to recover from the week behind us.
This weekend is our main time to be able to go do something holiday oriented. Teagan really wants to go to the Zoo. I always love Conner Prairie. We'll figure it out.
For the sake of tradition, I'm posting links to 2 of my posts that I always like to share at Christmastime. I hope you will take a few minutes to go read them!
Refining St. Nick
My Magic Christmas
2 comments:
I love having simple weekends, along with a simple Christmas. Thanks for the links.
www.memoirsofmeandmine.com
Living in a small town, there are not a ton of holiday activities. But even if there were, we are taking it very easy this holiday (what with the baby and everything.) I'm hoping for a low key holiday, but it's still amazing how tempting it is to go all out.
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