My Once Upon a Time...

I posted this on facebook on Christmas, and want to document it here as well for anyone who can relate, but more so for my own memories. A few moments I want to remember from our Christmas today: - How Fox woke up Finn in the morning, whispering “Finn, it’s Christmas!” - Their faces and excitement when they opened their gifts, after I had worried for weeks that they would be disappointed since Christmas had to be a lot smaller this year - Finn telling me that I looked pretty - Fox hugging and thanking me five times for the “best gift he’s ever gotten” - Finn being so excited to give me his gift he made in preschool and added lots of kisses and hugs to it, as part of my “advent calendar” as he said - The boys playing together for hours with minimal fights - A beautiful blended family dinner with exes and new spouses, in-laws, and friends, that was full of laughter - Fox wanting to sleep with me, even though Santa was coming to his other house tonight Christmas looks different as a singl...

I promised myself and the boys last year that I will schedule less photo shoots in 2022, and I actually stuck to it. This was our one and only professional photoshoot, and they both did great.  Maybe this year we will do a couple more, but we shall see.

I think this was my 8th annual cookie and white elephant gift exchange...always one of my favorite nights of the year! Just a few pictures...there were lots of laughs and lots of love. Love my tribe!

This was our 2022 Christmas Card!

Our annual "Christmas at the Princess" trip! We ran into one of my best friends there, which was so much fun! I knew she had tickets for the same night, but didn't think we would see her because it gets so crowded there. She's the kind a friend who saw that you had a rough day parenting and smuggles an adult beverage into the event for me...ha! Love her! We brought some stuff for s'mores and shared with everyone...favorite moment of the night right here! We also did some of the rides, but the wait times got really long and it got late, so we were only able to do a few. It was such a great night and I'm so happy my kids are still small enough to enjoy these kind of events.