Up at 6am… The usual : coffee, quiet time, and then went to yoga. The house needed tending to since we had a Christmas Eve party in the evening. Laundry was piling up also.
Read some blogs, caught up on a few comments. Read my book.
Then it was time to put out the luminaries in the afternoon.
Our town has a luminaries program where on Christmas Eve the residents put out paper bags, filled with sand and a tall candle. Along the sidewalks. At 4:30pm, they light the candles so the streets are lined with these lights or luminaries. It’s a tremendously beautiful sight. On Christmas Day, the bags are cleaned up.
Our Christmas Eve party was good. T made a roast, a ham, mashed potatoes, corn, Brussel sprouts, and buns. I did the easy part: appetizers. We had about 10 people, 5 of them kids of various ages. While the adults talked the kids ran around upstairs, played “spies”, and loaded up on cookies and chocolate covered pretzels. I overdid it on Shiraz. 😬
This post is part of my personal writing challenge to document our winter break this year.
Mom of Children 