The Heart of Christmas

In years past, Golf Man and I have split Christmas day going from one family to the other. I am sure that 80% of families do this. It was okay when it was just the two of us. We even did it on Tater Bug's first Christmas. It was a long day, but what do you do? You have to see your family on Christmas. Last year, Tater Bug got RSV over Christmas. We were confined to the house. Golf Man went to his side's festivities and I went to my side's festivities. The other stayed home with Tater Bug. After it was all said and done, I wanted a do-over!

However, it was nice, in a way. By Christmas day, Tater Bug was feeling better and we spent the whole day at home hanging out and playing with toys. So we decided to start a new tradition. We would do all extended families on the weekends before or after Christmas. Christmas Eve is for our parents and Christmas Day is for us. We would stay home, do nothing, and allow the kids to just be kids. It's a good thing we did! Tater Bug was all about opening EVERYTHING he got. If we would have tried to pry him away from his trains, well, I don't know what would have happened. But I can assure you it would have ended with tears being shed and an unhappy Tater Bug. And that isn't what Christmas is about.

So all in all, it was a nice day! We didn't do anything significant. Just played, and played, and played... It was the best Christmas day yet!