December Traditions

 Our Holiday Season is still going strong despite the pandemic.  We are still trying to keep some of our December traditions alive since most of them are socially-distanced things and some we have had to rethink and come up with new ways to celebrate.  This year the newest rage is hot cocoa bombs.  Luckily there are two bakeries in Plymouth that are selling them.  It was a lot of fun, but man...they are very rich and could have easily be shared with extra milk to spread out the amount of chocolate being consumed.  

My parents came over to help the boys with school one day last week and stayed through dinner so we could go to the Wayne County Lightfest together.  We made a simple breakfast for dinner and were in and out of the Lightfest pretty quickly!  We've got it down to a science.  Show up on a weeknight and get there 20 minutes before opening.

On Friday, we went over to Jackie and Josh's house and celebrated Pops and Sydney's birthdays.  We kept things relatively safe by doing the gathering outside on their patio.  They had pizza, salad, fruit, and veggies.  We brought some beer and White Claws to enjoy.  They had their 2 heat lamps going and a bonfire.  They also recently installed a TV outside so they were playing Christmas movies for the kids to watch.  It was definitely chilly out, but we made it work.  

The next morning we had the boys build their Gingerbread Houses.  I bought them kits from Target.  The frosting was a bit droopy for the finer details, but the kids didn't mind.  Evan was trying to eat as much candy as he could before we would catch him.  

The kids spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa's house that night.  Scott and I went to Hermann's to sit outside on their patio by the fire and have dinner in the dark.  It was a little strange, but we were trying to enjoy a night with no kids and also to support small businesses.  Mindy and Matt kept an eye on Luna for us to be able to enjoy dinner.  

When we picked up the kids on Sunday, we hung out in Troy to celebrate my dad's birthday.  We got pizza and salad from The Alibi for a late lunch/early dinner.  It was another nice afternoon, but we had quite the busy weekend!

The kids are doing spirit week during their remote learning this week and we are all anxiously waiting for break to start!  We can't wait to have some time off from our computers and school.  Our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrations may look different this year with COVID, but we are still going to make the most out of it.