Holiday Break School Finish Line

Okay, peeps.

We did it! We made it through the final day of school before the holiday break, and, MAN, did it feel like a hard-earned victory!

I’m an official room rep for Little Man’s classroom, this year, and it made allllllll the work worth it to have him happily yell, “Mama!” and give me a giant bear hug when he walked into the decorated classroom. Especially since it’s often a coin toss as to whether he’ll want to acknowledge me in public, ha.

No joke, this was my seventh, consecutive year to throw a classroom holiday party for one of my three kiddos and I was dragging a bit, getting into the spirit, for many reasons…

First, because I’ve been sick. :(

Second, because it’s been a lotta years putting forth this kind of effort at the busiest time of year, af the tail end of a ton of responsibilities and events.

And third…because most of my already family arrived the day before, and it was hard to ditch this adorable little niece o’ mine to deal with my school duties!

She and I enjoyed such happy crafting time in the morning before I had to gather up my gear and head to school. She even helped me build a few prototypes for the craft project we tackled during Little Man’s class party. :)

My dude was in high-flying, HAPPY form at school, and I was grateful to be there to witness and facilitate the fun—exhaustion, be damned.

But if there was ever a cliche sign of the season, and all the parties, events, hosting and planning that’s been going on…it’s the current state of my car’s trunk:



I legitimately plan to leave it all there for a solid week before I deal with it, ha.

SO ready to launch this next phase of the holiday when we close ranks and hunker down as a family. It’s the BEST.

More mañana, peeps!

Over and out.