Thanksgiving is Over and Christmas Is Coming
Oh, I am so thankful to be back at home. It would be nice to spend our holidays at home and not have to travel to some kind of family function atleast once per week during the holiday season. Every year we are the family that has to travel to everyone else's home. No, we aren't forced too but we do feel obligated to plus there's presents involved and who can turn down presents and more piles of toys for our boys? Not me! Uh, I am trying to be sarcastic here. It's not really about the presents. It's about being with our families. Seriously.
I asked to have Thanksgiving at our house this year but it didn't work out and no harm was done but we did have to travel 2 weekends in a row to two separate families a few hours away for their Thanksgiving dinners as I mentioned in our previous post. That's fine but one day we'd really like to have that in our home. I want our kids to have memories of the holidays in thier own home without all the rush.
Each year we go to our parents home's for Christmas. We alternate Christmas and Christmas eve and depending on who we go to, it's an hour and a half to my parents and two and a half hours to my husband's parents. Last year on Christmas eve, we drove to my parents then drove home, got the boys in bed and then stayed up very late preparing everything for Christmas morning. On Christmas morning the boys opened their presents and we had to leave to go to the hub's parents. Our boys didnt get to play with any toys that Santa brought them until a few days later. Traveling like this year after year gets tiresome and it really cuts down on the joy of the whole holiday season. It would be nice if our families would alternate homes with us every year so that we weren't the ones who always had to travel. Our families already have plans for us this year BUT on the way home in the car yesterday the hubs and I said we were changing our plans. We need to do what is best for our boys. We want Christmas eve and Christmas in our home this year. Sure, it will be different and none of our family will most likely show up but we have to finally make traditions and memories for us. I don't want all of our memories to be of rushing to get somewhere or to not remember what Christmas was like in our house because we weren't there long enough to remember. I know we may miss out on a little more family time but maybe that will finally convince some of our family to come to us once in a while.
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Oh, I am so thankful to be back at home. It would be nice to spend our holidays at home and not have to travel to some kind of family function atleast once per week during the holiday season. Every year we are the family that has to travel to everyone else's home. No, we aren't forced too but we do feel obligated to plus there's presents involved and who can turn down presents and more piles of toys for our boys? Not me! Uh, I am trying to be sarcastic here. It's not really about the presents. It's about being with our families. Seriously.
I asked to have Thanksgiving at our house this year but it didn't work out and no harm was done but we did have to travel 2 weekends in a row to two separate families a few hours away for their Thanksgiving dinners as I mentioned in our previous post. That's fine but one day we'd really like to have that in our home. I want our kids to have memories of the holidays in thier own home without all the rush.
Each year we go to our parents home's for Christmas. We alternate Christmas and Christmas eve and depending on who we go to, it's an hour and a half to my parents and two and a half hours to my husband's parents. Last year on Christmas eve, we drove to my parents then drove home, got the boys in bed and then stayed up very late preparing everything for Christmas morning. On Christmas morning the boys opened their presents and we had to leave to go to the hub's parents. Our boys didnt get to play with any toys that Santa brought them until a few days later. Traveling like this year after year gets tiresome and it really cuts down on the joy of the whole holiday season. It would be nice if our families would alternate homes with us every year so that we weren't the ones who always had to travel. Our families already have plans for us this year BUT on the way home in the car yesterday the hubs and I said we were changing our plans. We need to do what is best for our boys. We want Christmas eve and Christmas in our home this year. Sure, it will be different and none of our family will most likely show up but we have to finally make traditions and memories for us. I don't want all of our memories to be of rushing to get somewhere or to not remember what Christmas was like in our house because we weren't there long enough to remember. I know we may miss out on a little more family time but maybe that will finally convince some of our family to come to us once in a while. >Go to the Mom blog Homepage
I asked to have Thanksgiving at our house this year but it didn't work out and no harm was done but we did have to travel 2 weekends in a row to two separate families a few hours away for their Thanksgiving dinners as I mentioned in our previous post. That's fine but one day we'd really like to have that in our home. I want our kids to have memories of the holidays in thier own home without all the rush.
Each year we go to our parents home's for Christmas. We alternate Christmas and Christmas eve and depending on who we go to, it's an hour and a half to my parents and two and a half hours to my husband's parents. Last year on Christmas eve, we drove to my parents then drove home, got the boys in bed and then stayed up very late preparing everything for Christmas morning. On Christmas morning the boys opened their presents and we had to leave to go to the hub's parents. Our boys didnt get to play with any toys that Santa brought them until a few days later. Traveling like this year after year gets tiresome and it really cuts down on the joy of the whole holiday season. It would be nice if our families would alternate homes with us every year so that we weren't the ones who always had to travel. Our families already have plans for us this year BUT on the way home in the car yesterday the hubs and I said we were changing our plans. We need to do what is best for our boys. We want Christmas eve and Christmas in our home this year. Sure, it will be different and none of our family will most likely show up but we have to finally make traditions and memories for us. I don't want all of our memories to be of rushing to get somewhere or to not remember what Christmas was like in our house because we weren't there long enough to remember. I know we may miss out on a little more family time but maybe that will finally convince some of our family to come to us once in a while. >Go to the Mom blog Homepage
3 Comments:
I used to be one of the family members that had to travel for the holidays and I felt the same way. I think you're making a good decision. You'll enjoy your holiday with your immediate family and there will still be time to see the extended family. It doesn't have to be on Christamas Eve or Christmas to be special.
ugh my Dad's ex-wife used to drag us everywhere for holidays. All my memories include a car trip. It SUCKED. I am so determined not to do that to my kids ever. Christmas will be at our house, if the fam wants to come GREAT if not their loss. I am mean, but I want the memories to be good ones.
I TOTALLY understand what you are saying. We just moved from WA to IL so our family is no longer close. We miss them, but that is one thing I absolutely will not miss! I dreaded that holiday traveling and rush every year!
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