Over the last week, we have set the books aside and tried to focus more on Christmas celebrations… Well, in between doctor appointments that is. As we got rolling through December, I quickly realized with four to six doctor appointments a week, we were going to miss having a Christ Centered Family Christmas if we didn’t set the school books aside on the days we are home. Being rural we have to travel to appointments and these end up taking at least a half day if not a full day away from home.
So, Tuesday (Dec. 9) we did school as I said we would the night before… but then we put the books away until well, until the appointments slow down a bit. Most of these appointments are for baby’s lip and tongue tie revision post op, eye glasses for kiddos, or my shoulder (older injury that I keep re-injuring). With all this “fun”, I quickly realized if we were going to have time to carry on any of our family Christmas traditions, we had to put the books away and focus on family and Christ when home.
Putting the books away has allowed us to do a few major decluttering/deep cleaning tasks that we had just not found the time for.
We have attended a field trip to a Christmas Tree Farm.
We have baked goodies, and spent evenings watching a few Christmas movies!!
Instead of doing lesson plans on Saturday, I attended a craft class with adults… as in, a class for adults… not a class for my children. We have connected, had fun and enjoyed some precious time together, making memories…
Our oldest has had time to go with daddy to work on some projects in the shop. He learned to run a drill press and a metal lathe.
The further we got into December the less it w felt like Christmas was right around the corner… we had already packed and sent our Operation Christmas Child Boxes out. We hadn’t started gathering gift for anyone, hadn’t decorated, or anything. Now we have decoration us, music playing, family activities going, and lot of fun… even with all our appointments.
Have you found seasons where you have to make time to keep traditions? How did you adjust to make that time?
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