The Reluctant Mommy Blogger

We had breakfast at Panera the day after Christmas. Yum!

This is what it looked like right after Santa visited our house. The kids totally didn't deserve it, but who can resist giving your kids a good Christmas?

I made new recipes this year for dinner. I made a roast in my dutch oven that was just wonderful, and cheesy crock pot potatoes, fresh pesto bread and lemon garlic roasted broccoli. It was sooooooooo good. Just what we needed after a day of eating sweets and nothing with much substance.

We had a rough Christmas Eve. Our anniversary is the day before, so after the kids went to bed Garrick and I went downstairs to watch movies together. We fell asleep watching the Hogfather. Trent was good enough to wake up and upon discovering that we were not in our room, searched for us. When he found us downstairs he proceeded to climb all over us and talk to us. When we didn't respond, he spent the rest of his time running around the house. We just didn't have it in us to even acknowledge him. We finally got up at three in the morning to go to bed and found the boy sitting in our bed eating food and watching tv. 

How can he sleep like that?

The dog was beyond interested in the presents that were under the tree. I think she loves Christmas just as much as the rest of the family.

The kids got new PJ's about a week before Christmas from their Aunt Britten. They LOVE having matching clothes. 

This is Trent's first cheeseburger. That he actually ate. And liked. I was shocked, he ate all of it but two bites. This was a Five Guys burger, too. Just to put it in perspective. I'm so happy the kid is finally starting to eat some meat.

Took the kids to Huntley Meadows Park a few days ago. We did a class about evergreens there and afterwards went for a walk. For a little while, Hunter was stopping and hugging every single tree along the side of the path we were walking on. while it was very cute, it was time consuming. I decided to use that time to practice some tai chi. 

Decorating the Christmas tree on Saturday night. Hunter got to put the star on the top this year.