Christmas Vacation

I always used to think of that week between Christmas and New Year’s as a wonderful, glorious break.  A time when there were no events scheduled on the calendar and nowhere you had to be.  A time when you could lazily explore all the new Christmas gifts, reorganize your closet and shelves to make new things fit and to clean out old clutter, and a time to rest and catch up on odd things after the craziness of Christmas was past.

I used to think of this week that way.

I don’t anymore.

This year we’ve traveled to visit family out of state.  It’s a wonderful opportunity to spend time with people we don’t see enough – including a grandmother I’ve not seen in many, many months.

So – sleep is still a rather precious commodity – catching up will have to happen later.

There are still thank you notes to write and presents to sort and put away – but we’re not home to do that, and it’s going to have to wait.

This opportunity, these people come first right now, and it’s great.  It’s cookie painting extravaganzas and Blokus tourneys.  It’s cooking together and TV football games and Christmas movie marathons.  It’s snuggle time with pajama-clad kids and (mostly) technology-free time.

So I won’t be writing here for another week or so.  I have such fun posts for you – ideas for what to do with this year’s Christmas cards, field trips to share, Bible activities for kids, and more – and they’ll be posted soon.

But right now it’s family time.  I hope you have something special happening this week and that you make the most of it.

Happy New Year!