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Our final Meaning in the Mayhem vlog entry this crazy Christmas season. We’ve gone from The Nutcracker to our Turquoise Table to a Christmas wrapping party. But really, it was all leading up to this. The Christmas story.
Join our family as we read our bedtime Christmas Eve story from our favorite children’s Bible – the story of the shepherds finding Jesus:
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Can you believe Christmas is in ONE week? What?
My kids are officially out of school and yesterday was the Christmas party. I offered to help and ended up planning it (um, I need to focus more on my best yes, right?). But it was SO much fun. I love kids Christmas parties. Well, I love parties period but it is so much fun to watch Christmas with children. They listened to The Night Before Christmas and made Christmas ornaments and had treats and gave and received gifts. What fun!
So today’s little video blogging exercise took place by the trunk of my car as I prepared to unload for the party. I heard Shauna Niequist say this about hospitality: They should leave feeling better about themselves than they do about you. So that’s what I kept at the front of my mind when the prideful part of myself began to worry about what the other moms would think about my store bought cupcakes or my crumpled work clothes or my bizarre pretzel trees. All I could think was, I want the kids to feel better about themselves when they leave this party. And who cares if they even remember me.
We’re nearing the finish line friends, I hope you’re actively seeking in this busy last week to find meaning in the mayhem:
Thanks for journeying with me as I’ve done a little video blogging this Christmas season finding spots of meaning in the mayhem. You’ve seen the circus of taking three five year olds to the Nutcracker and seen us prepare for our second Monthly Mondays, but today it’s a little quieter.
A good friend of mine hosted several of us for dinner and wrapping at her house. If you’ve ever had to stay up til 2 am wrapping before Christmas, then this is the antidote to that. Plus, I got to catch up with my girlfriends and unwind while doing something practical and fun! (And we had great access to a variety of wrapping paper!) Here’s a little look into last night:
Welcome back to Part 2 of my little holiday video blogging effort – finding Meaning in the Mayhem.
Last time, I took you on a short little trip to the Nutcracker with us as I remembered to savor those moments with my entire family together to enjoy Christmas events.
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This time, I’m having you over to my front yard. As I wrote about last month, we really did not know our neighbors. And I was challenged to change that. So we painted a picnic table and invited our street over for pizza. Well, this week was our second Monthly Mondays and we had folks over for cookies and cocoa. Just before they came, I sat down with the kids to record this next installment of Meaning in the Mayhem. Because the important thing this season is the people.
So I’m going to try to do a little video blogging this season (“vlog!”). It’s super professional (ha, ha): Me and my iPhone as I wander through Houston doing Christmas stuff. The reality is, this season can be a frenzied blur. And I’m trying to stop and remember what really important and capture the sweet moments.
Today’s short little entry, our first, is from our excursion to The Nutcracker at Wortham Hall in Houston. This is our second experience at the Nutcracker and it is always so fun. This year all five of us got dressed up and went, and when we finally got downtown, parked, and through the lines, I stopped us in the lobby to find a little meaning. We were together. We were given tickets to create a special family memory.
And in the end, as the kids said, we remember what we love most about Christmas – enjoy: