Walking in a Winter Wonderland

There is something about snow before Christmas that seems magical. After Christmas it becomes an annoyance.... but right up until and on the day of.... well that is part of the magic. We have had our snow. Sunday on the way home from church that snow nearly caused mayhem for our family personally even while it caused mayhem around the country ( here's looking at you Germantown Wi!)
IF it is going to snow however it is only DECENT for that snow to be the sort that can pack.... at least when you are or have kids. THIS snow not only nearly caused mayhem but it is NOT packable at all. Kind of offensive if you ask me. STILL we have gone out and thrown handfuls of snow at each other... most of which blew back into the throwers face. It made for a short snowball fight. Still what do you expect at four and six and well NOT your business. :-D Still we had a wonderful time and then came in for HOT Ovaltine. It was more fun than I can ever say. I thought all the fun came when you were a kid... until I started having fun WITH my kids. Then well MAN it is TOO TOO TOO Awesome being a mommy.
Christmas is the time for craftiness.... and we have been crafting with the best of them. We have made ornaments and cards... we have sent out cards to people we love and we have had so much fun. I had an entire list of activities and crafts for an advent calendar.... but then we got sick... and the first week of December there was little chance of sticking to any plan. Even our tree didn't get up when I thought it would. So I decided that it was best to be easier on myself than I wanted to be. So we are keeping it low-key. We aren't stressing that we didn't get it all done. If it does it does... if it doesn't well I am the only one who would be upset... so (shrugs ) the heck with it. We will have a FAR better holiday if I take it easy. Still there is a bit of sadness when I think of the carefully planned ideas I had for crafts and pictures and memories and blog posts and the like. But what good is all THAT if mom is in need of an anti-anxiety script when all is said and done. So I got my kids a chocolate advent calendar... Yeah I know I know I know... and they are counting down... and we are laughing and joking and having a good time.... we are throwing snow non-balls at each other and having ovaltine. and I am sharing those photos with you... So here's to a Christmas that is a little bit less!