Crazy Christmas Week!

There was lots of hustle and bustle throughout the preschool this week. The 4yr olds were getting ready for the Christmas pageant, everyone exchanging gifts; teachers to kids, kids to teachers, teachers to teachers, etc. This is the craziest and most stressful time of year! Everyone is always trying to keep the true meaning of Christmas (the birth of Jesus Christ) alive but it always seems to get pushed aside. Every year does seem to get a little better for us though. We have scaled our Christmas spending down and tried to not stress over what we're buying for who and how much. Although my mother is not making it any easier (I'm going to get an ear full when she reads this - I know you mean well mom) by over-buying for the kids. I was excited when she said that she was going to make it easier on her and dad this year by buying us a family gift and then ONE small gife for each of the kids. Well, it has turned into 2 or 3 medium to large gifts for each of us and she's still saying it's not enough!! What they don't realize is that just them being here is going to be enough for the kids. They LOVE their Nana and Papa!