Our Christmas vacation officially ended today with Hardy's return to preschool. I felt we had a nice and enjoyable vacation - we saw family, great presents, Justin was home a lot. That bubble was burst, however, this morning when Hardy informed me he was glad he was going back to school since it was boring at home. I went from being a cool fun mom to boring mom in about 2.5 seconds. Compared to his friends, I just don't have what it takes to be fun.
It was, in my opinion and despite what Hardy said this morning, the best Christmas break we have ever had. There are several reasons for that.
To begin with, Justin was with us much more. He usually works during the school breaks, taking off a day here or there. This vacation, however, he was home almost every day, all day. It was nice to be able to go to the gym and exercise with him, and to just work on projects around the house together. Even after almost 10 years of marriage he is still my favorite person to hang out with. I hope I can say the same after 40 or 50 years of marriage.
Secondly, Ellie has become quite the big girl this year. Last Christmas she was six months old. She was sitting up (some) but that was about all she could do. Now she feeds herself, plays, signs, dances, and takes part in all aspects of our lives. She was enthused about the nightly lighting of the Advent candles and was enthralled with the notion of a chocolate Advent calendar. I don't want her to grow up too soon, but Christmas had more zest with Ellie able to take more part in it.
Lastly, Hardy has become companionable in the last few months. I have always loved my boy and enjoyed spending time with him, but lately we can pursue similar interests together. We got a Wii for Christmas, and he has loved doing yoga with me on the Wii fit. We laugh together about stretching our muscles and talk about how it feels. He has also taken up beading, as have I (my interest in it is now bordering on obsession, however). After our yoga, we'll sit on the floor together, beads between us, bent over our bead boards, creating our fabulous creations. It is oddly peaceful to work together with Hardy on these projects. I hope that we can continue in this vein for some time to come.
So I am now back in my daily routine, ferrying children around, running errands, planning chores. While the feeling of normalcy is nice, the time I had over teh last two weeks was some of the best times I have spent with them.
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