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2020 Christmas Christmas Eve family holiday recap

Christmas Recap Part 2: Christmas Eve

updated on January 20, 2021January 2, 2021Leave a Comment on Christmas Recap Part 2: Christmas Eve

Hello! Thanks so much for joining us for part two of our Christmas recap.  Christmas Eve was a such a wonderful time.  If you’ve followed the blog for a while, you know that we usually have a HUGE gathering with family on Christmas Eve.  There are about 35 people at any given time and that’s …

  • I so love our church family! Our Honeybee received birthday treats from church friends who have become family.  Such an amazing treat.  #sweetdtreats #homebakedgoods #birthdaytreats #birthdaysweets #ricekrispytreats #birthdaycakes #unicorn #unicorns #unicornlover #birthdays #treatboxes #birthdaygirl๐ŸŽ€ #smallbusiness #localbusiness #supportlocalbusiness #moistcupcakes #yummytreats #myfriendsareawesome #entrepreneurlife
  • ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น, ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†!!!!!
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๐Ÿฐ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ  ๐Ÿญ. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ. Iโ€™ve seen these beautiful setups throughout the streets of my city for a while now and I always think how adorable they are. With the pandemic, I wanted my loved ones to experience all the hype of their birthday without the danger of the crowds. SO...I contacted our local @cardmyyard franchise. They were so easy to work with and so very friendly. They not only did a fantastic job under cover of night, but they did it twice. Yesterday was my husbandโ€™s birthday! For some reason I couldnโ€™t post on IG yesterday so Iโ€™ll make sure to follow up with his shout out later as I still want him to have his shine too. If you are in the 540, 571, or 703 area code and want the local family we used, just send me a DM! I highly recommend!  ๐Ÿฎ. ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ. Have a family and friends birthday party via Zoom. I hosted one for my husband yesterday and it was great especially for friends he hasnโ€™t seen since the pandemic and some since high school!!! He was as so happy to see them. Iโ€™m having a mini one with my mom so she can see her oldest granddaughter online. She hasnโ€™t seen her in person in a year so you know sheโ€™s ready! Free account gives you 30 minutes and thatโ€™s really all you need  for singing happy birthday and opening gifts with cake.  ๐Ÿฏ. ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! One thing about this pandemic is the convenience of no contact is everywhere. Take advantage. Arrange curbside pickup for the balloons๐ŸŽˆ, cake ๐ŸŽ‚, flowers ๐Ÿ’, and ๐ŸŽ. Itโ€™s safe and contactless! Shoot, you can ever do a birthday meal!  ๐Ÿฐ. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ! My dad and siblings really wanted to be able to say happy birthday on zoom to my husband yesterday but schedules are hard sometimes. No worries! My brother recorded a really nice birthday greeting for S. and we were able to play it for him...safely with no contact.  Love it!
  • ๐—ข๐—ต ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€!!! ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿพโ€โ™€๏ธ
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You all do know that confirming the absence of schedule conflicts isnโ€™t control, right? And asking if a spouse minds isnโ€™t asking permission?
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Any other love bugs and spouses have thoughts? What about my single loves? Would you consider a check in to see if your significant other minds an after work happy hour stop asking permission? ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ.  ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜.
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  • ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ.
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Itโ€™s been a day.  Deadlines. Projects. Saving the day. And itโ€™s still going. I could have done better. I could have prepped some of this. But I didnโ€™t and itโ€™s kicking my butt on this end.
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Lessons learned and applied. If you are having a chaotic, stress-filled, frustrating day...breathe.  Itโ€™s okay. You have this. Hereโ€™s what has been helping me.
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๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ.  One task, one second, one minute, one hour, one day. Check off that task list one item at a time. Today, donโ€™t focus on the big picture. It will overwhelm you.
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๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น. I have this thing about lists. I really love lists and I like to check or cross off things as they are done. Itโ€™s satisfying to me to see a list that has been completely crossed through. I actually feel accomplished.
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๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ. Oh, I wish I could do it all. But, ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†, I can drop the ball. Itโ€™s okay to delegate some tasks. Itโ€™s okay to ask for help. I have two arms. I cannot feed the baby, answer an email, and cook dinner at the same time...well, I can but it isnโ€™t pretty or peaceful. I have no problem tagging my partner in, and neither should you.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? I hope so. You are an awesome superhero and you have this. Seriously! Now...letโ€™s see if I can get this marriage post released today.  #motivation #mondaymotivation #youhavethis #yougotthis #justkeepswimming #iencourage #collaborationovercompetition #yourcheerleader #wegonmakeit 
#blogger #momblogger #mombloggersofig #browngirlbloggers #melaninmommy #momoffive #infantmom #preschoolmom #momofteen #gradeschoolmom
  • ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป!
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Letting the kids decorate cookies tonight! They are super excited because I promised they could have hot chocolate to accompany.  I love being a mom!
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#fridayfunday #fridayfun #familytime #familyfun #qualitytime #icingcookies #decoratingcookies #family #familyfirst #familylove #familyโค๏ธ
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