When I’m preparing for Christmas, I don’t often remember what it’s really like on the day, or how nice it is the week after with the kids playing their new games and lots of left overs making meal prep easy.
This year I noticed some patterns. We set a play station up for K in the kitchen so she could enjoy her presents while we cleaned up wrapping paper, and worked on the meal. We did the same for M 3 years ago when he was 4.
This year, M and B needed an older kid space, so they set up games in the basement – away from the turkey prep flutter and the toddler glee.
Mom made me a buche de Noel again for my birthday this year. The meringues were so crunchy and yummy.