Getting relaxation in through the Chaos of Christmas

Christmas was nice. The kids helped wrap all through the month. We had a family time where we watched the history channel's version of the nativity story. Mary was a bit more emotional than in previous stories, but we had to turn it off quick when the story changed to Herod killing the babies in Bethlehem. We were able to enjoy many festivities before so it was nice to relax on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Celia had an ear infection, but we were able to get into the insta care and get her pink medicine. The kids went to sleep early and Santa did his/her duty eating cookies and drinking the eggnog.:) Spencer seemed more aware this year. He was quite happy with his toys and pushed and looked away from his clothing presents. Joseph was up at 3am and waited until 5am to get the rest of us. We had yummy Swedish pancakes with berries and powdered sugar on them. Everyone seemed to be very happy. I'm glad the sickness didn't hold anybody down and we relaxed, played games and cleaned up after it all. There is something to be said for Christmas at home.