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Oh no! Poor Skye! Skye, I hope that you feel better soon. I know your mommy and daddy will give you SO many snuggles!

The big highlights for us were a light up dinosaur snuggly for my youngest, and a doll whose bangs grow for my oldest. It was the first time since Christmas 2019 that my whole family was together, so we had a lot to be thankful for!

Hope you feel better very soon Skye! I’m so glad you can have some cuddles with your mom on the couch! I hope you are feeling better very soon! It’s never fun to be sick, but especially around Christmas.

We had a great time with family over Christmas. My kids are getting older, and we had a Power Point night, where we all came up with our own topics and then presented PowerPoints. It was a lot of fun to see what everyone came up with. My topic was Weird Holiday Traditions from Around the World. We also had homemade clam chowder and a cheese soup with a variety of breads from kneaders. On Christmas Eve morning we saw Spider-Man and the evening before that some of saw West Side Story. Our Christmas party on my side of the family was cancelled due to some sick family members, but hopefully we’ll be able to visit in a few days.
Hang in there , Janae and Andrew! It’s hard have sick littles.

Lots of snuggles for Skye today! That combo sounds terrible, I hope she feels better soon. ❤️
The biggest hit for my kids were walkie talkies! They’re very loud! ?
We’ve had beautiful weather the past few days and have spent a ton of time outside. Today I’m cleaning up the Christmas decorations and all of the toys the kids have outgrown. I’m ready for a very clean decluttered house!

Hi Janae! I hope Skye gets well soon! A double ear infection sounds super painful.
We went to Park City this weekend and it was gorgeous! My husband wants to move here! Today he is at Snowbird and I’m going to enjoy the weather from indoors ;)

Oh poor Skye! Please tell her that I hope that she feels better soon! Little sickies are no fun.
It was our first Christmas with our little boy who is now about seven months old, which was a blast! It warmed my heart how my husband’s family really included him in all the Christmas traditions, and he got so spoiled by his grandparents! His very favorite thing that he got was a plush Abominable Snowman from the old Rudolf movie; he won’t stop chewing on it! The sound of all the wrapping paper ripping scared him a little bit though. All in all, it was a lovely Christmas. I really hope that all your kiddos are on the mend! You guys are overdue for a good long health streak!

Poor Skye! I hope she feels better soon.

We did get a bunch of snow here which is unusual. Today and tomorrow are also statutory holidays here and so just enjoying the extra down time. I got to go out snowshoeing a few times with friends and it was gorgeous. We will hopefully go out a few more times during this holiday season. We had turkey and it snowed Christmas day and it was so peaceful watching the snow fall.

Have a good day a Janae !

Sorry to hear about Skye! Hopefully the worst has passed for her.
We have no snow but had a thunderstorm last night. So strange for this time of year.
We had illness dampen our Christmas plans to (not my second or husband but other family). We still had a great small Christmas.

Oh my goodness hope Skye feels better asap! I hate when my baby got sick the worst!! We are actually celebrating Christmas today as my baby (20 years old) had covid and we wanted to wait for him. Sending y’all healing vibes and prayers. ??❤️??❤️

I’m sorry you’re not feeling well, Skye! Hope you’re back to your spunky, smiling self really soon!

We had a great Christmas at home, just the two of us. Lots of calls/texts with family. Lots of good food – pistachio pancakes for the win! And I made my own peppermint malts (ice cream, malt powder, crushed peppermint candies + peppermint bark.) No snow, but lots of rain here, which we definitely need.

Skye-I hope you feel better! Here in Germany we say “Gute besserung” which sounds like goota besser ung. We had an easy Christmas. My kiddos all met via Zoom and had an ugly Christmas sweater contest. My youngest forgot so a few minutes before the call I gave him one of my forest green sweaters and he took ornaments and lights off the tree (we use lights that look like candles). Silly boy! We had lots of yummy food but our favorite treats have been little christmas cookies called “plaetzchen” pronounced “plotchen.” You can google it and see the different kinds. Whenever your mom blogs about those yummy sugar cookies you have in Utah I am so jealous. That being said, as a nurse I always tell people that have colds/ear infections that tea and cookies have magic healing powers! My favorite is a yummy chocolate chip cookie. Feel better soon and snuggle up!

PS-we have a black lab puppy and she wore reindeer ears and a candy cane headband and kept it on for Christmas Eve! We think she rather liked having them on and felt extra special.

Merry Christmas! Some of my favorite treats this weekend were homemade hot chocolate with marshmallows, stirred with peppermint candy spoons, and eggnog in my morning coffee. I also roasted chestnuts in the oven last night and they were so good!

We got 8″ of snow here in the Northwest and it’s only going to be a high of 20 today, so we have Utah weather I guess!

Poor Skye. I don’t have anything for you to read but maybe she can watch some funny Golden Retriever videos. Bailey is hilarious, one of my favorite YouTube animal channels.

https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisisBailey

So sorry to hear Skye is not feeling well! Honestly having sick little ones is the hardest things to deal with. So hard to see them sick and know you have zero control.. ugh!
Praying she recovers quickly and no one else gets sick ?
Such a hard thing to navigate when you have older kids who benefit from being out and about doing things, visiting family and younger ones who you are exposing to all sorts of germs and viruses . Good news is that their immune systems will be strong by the time they are 5 .. speaking from experience. I have kids 4 – 7 years apart. My youngest had not missed one day of secondary school or high school until Covid . His immune system was rock solid because of his exposure as a toddler to all !

man you have so much going on…..I actually feel bad about complaining about a little bit of frost bite…I just think it made me feel a little bad ass……..other than a couple of short runs, just watched a youtube vid about the late great Gabe Grunewald…so, a good weekend of running, Christmas was quiet, and a good cry….

Creating a memorable and enjoyable weekend with your kids involves a combination of planning fun activities and ensuring a positive and relaxed atmosphere.