Hello Monday Winter Break Recap

Hey loves. Happy first Monday of the year. My kids are back in school, I have my first official meeting for a new job, and it is a two post day. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. I am ready to get back to new routines and rhythms, know what day it is, and back to normal schedules. I am sharing all the fun from our winter break today. Don't forget to check out Amazon Lately

Update= my kids have a snow day

I am linking up with Sarah and Holly for Hello Monday.

~ ONE~

Not officially on Christmas break yet, but on Thursday before break I helped out with Austin's winter party.

Friday morning I volunteered at Ella's winter carnival. It was really a free for all kids just running around the gym where different activities were set up. I was in charge of the pong game. It reminded me of Beer Pong but instead of cups on the ends, there were cups in the middle and the goal was to get the ball in the middle cup.

Friday afternoon I got to volunteer in Anna's classroom too.

~ TWO ~

Teachers gifts this year were all sourdough bread. Ella's teachers got two small loaves, one regular and one chocolate chip. Anna and Austin's teachers got full size artisan loaves. I didn't plan well to be able to give all the teachers full size loaves. (Also Anna has 2 teachers, Austin has 2 teachers and Ella has 5)

~ THREE ~

We started off Winter Break driving around looking at Christmas lights and stopping by a new light display at Coe Lake in Berea.

It was cold and snowy, so the perfect night.

~ FOUR ~

We baked cookies, really I did most of the baking. Anna helped did some sugar sprinkles on the spritz cookies. I also made chocolate chip cookies and snicker-doodles.

~ FIVE ~

Quiet mornings with the light of the Christmas tree, my kids have slept in most of winter break.

~ SIX~

Our Elf on the Shelves brought Anna and Austin magic trees that crystallize.

We all enjoyed watching the trees grow.

~ SEVEN ~

Pictures with Santa. This Santa was the best. He joked with the kids, talked like the teenager in slang and made them all smile. It was a Christmas miracle.

~ EIGHT ~

Gilbert family brunch. We use to get together on Christmas Eve, then families moved away, other families grew and celebrated with other families. It was nice to get together and see everyone. Next year we will pick a different place.

~ NINE ~

Christmas with the Patenaude's. We switched it up this year and after Christmas Eve children's service we went to my parents for traditional lasagna for dinner and gifts. (My parents use to come to my house on Christmas morning for gifts). It made for a smoother less stressful few days of Christmas.

My mom always themes the gifts. This year all the gifts were in a train. Previous years were snowmen, and reindeer.

Little miss sass.

~ TEN ~

Santa came.

Christmas morning.

~ ELEVEN ~

Christmas dinner we ended up having our neighbors over, who are more like family than just neighbors. The kids made gingerbread houses.

~ TWELVE~

The most random gift that has gotten the most use. I bought Anna two gymnastic mats from a friend. I thought they would be great to sit on when playing games, or to lay on in a tent, etc. They have been using them to play to workout with YouTube "fun workouts for kids" They workout at least an hour a day by their choice.

There has also been a lot of Lego building.

~ THIRTEEN ~

Ella went ice skating with her Girl Scout troop. Anna and I were suppose to go also, but Anna was feeling blah that day.

~ FOURTEEN~

Christmas with the Gilbert's.

~ FIFTEEN~

We haven't seen much of the deer since Halloween. We had 9 in the yard.

~ SIXTEEN~

The performer with personality

~ SEVENTEEN~

I moved Anna's Barbie dream house from the basement to her room. She wouldn't go down in the basement by herself. She now plays for hours by herself in her room.

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8 comments

HollyJanuary 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Awww what a wonderful holiday season! I am sure the kids had a blast :)
Allstarme79January 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Good luck with the new job meeting! I am waiting to hear if I got a job I interviewed for back in December.
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JoyceJanuary 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What in the world? Someone has too much time on their hands to be spending it like that!! Looks like you had a happy Christmas filled with family and yummy food. Happy new year to you!

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