Dec. 3, 2007

Christmas

Christmas is coming, and where am I? I'm out in left field somewhere! This has been the first Christmas season I can honestly say I'm distracted by other things. There is so much else going on that I have to make myself stop and think about the holidays. I'm hoping this Christmas is a good memorable one for the girls. We have decided not to do presents this year in order to step back and look at the real meaning of Christmas. It all started when my mom suggested not doing presents on her side of the family since we all don't really need anything. Then I got to thinking, that would be good to do with us as a family as well. None of us need anything, it would make the season a lot less stressful and I thought less busy , and hopefully it would reign in some of this materialism that has been seeping into our girls' hearts. I can't imagine what I'd be like if I did have to buy all those presents! I've still got to remember to get Eddie's parents something! I've vacillated back and forth as to when to stop lessons (Sonlight), but as of today, I think we'll stop. I may give them a bit of math to do to keep their memory fresh and a bit of computer work to keep them going, but I think I'll lay aside lessons and turn my brain to Christmas and doing stuff with them about that. Is anybody else out there as fuzzy-brained as I am?

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