Life at the Chicken Coop

Today Could've Been Christmas

I have to tell myself often, during the Christmas season, that I need to enjoy the days leading up to Christmas because sometimes the actual holiday day can be a little disappointing. Some moments I tell myself "This is Christmas" because it just feels that way, though December 25th might be weeks away.

And today was a red letter day for me. It truly felt like Christmas.

I will give some reasons it felt like Christmas today:

• new snow
• cinnamon french toast
• morning run
• kids up early (6 AM: Miles had pooped all over his sheets, then Lucy heard me bathing him and joined in, then Finn shortly thereafter)
• King's College Choir-like music playing on Pandora all day
• pine-scented candle burning all day
• Travis played his video game and the kids watched movies intermittently
• I got a deep-sleep-type 2-hour nap
• we decorated glitter snowflakes as a family
• I made my fourth batch of pretzel rods this season
• we ate black bean soup for dinner
  

I love this time of year: most of my shopping is done, the tree is up and decorated, the Etsy-crafting season is over with, and now I can ease up and switch into vacation mode. I love days like this.