Spending the night relaxing with family and reflecting on this holiday. It feels all kinds of rushed. Next week is the pre-xmas week. We are going to be doing most of our rituals and I will be doing the xmas hunt at some point over the weekend. The hunt is a thing the boys have wanted for some time. They love puzzles and mysteries and the hunt allows the stockings to have a lot more oomph to them–given I do not have them for xmas eve festivities or half the xmas day this winds up being our major pre-xmas event.
No, I do not actually know what the hunt will be… yet.
Some Thoughts:
- had a sad moment for myself this past Saturday. I was selling the ideas of my 10 yr old joining a flag team that was having a tourney that day and it felt like people were getting annoyed with me pushing that idea. It reminded me that the kid isn’t really that lauded by people or invited to ‘play in the reindeer games’. In short, maybe he isn’t that good. Maybe I am the one pushing his legend more than his skills are proving the tale. That is not a good look. The fact is, he was not the superhero type this season. He was good, but he was not a world beater as he wants to be, and I need to accept that as a pop.
- Another interesting kid moment. My mid kid is constantly inundated with opportunities. He is special, but he knows it and that makes him quite entitled and difficult. I need to check him more often.