Christmas in July 2016

Christmas in July is technically on July 25, but because that was a weekday I didn't think that would be any fun so we celebrated yesterday.

I brought up our jingle bell tree and wrapped each kid's gift with leftover Christmas scraps pieced together. Which I am pretty impressed by if you want to know the truth. M got the Madeline Peg Dolls and board book. She is going through a destructive period with books let me tell you so I am delighted for a board book copy! C got the Leapfrog Preschool Learning Kit as a little jumping off point to get back in the flow of things before school starts.

I made Cherry Almond Bread on Saturday night so we ate a festive and fun breakfast. I put Christmas Cottage into the Scentsy warmers. It smelled very seasonal in the house which was a sharp contrast to the muggy weather outside.

We watched Rudolph!

We made cookies. Though, full disclosure, I just bought the ready made dough and kneaded in a 1/3 cup of flour. We also didn't decorate them. But they tasted great just the same.

 

We had a turkey dinner with mashed potatoes, stuffing and green beans. My brother pointed out that it is really more Thanksgiving food but we had a turkey in the freezer to use. And it's the spirit of the thing right?

It was a delightful day spent together as a family! I even got a present for myself and had my very own Happee Birthdae Harry party during rest time.

I loved it. As a theater person reading a script was like home for me and I loved it. The story is great. Just as I grew up with Harry as the books came out, Harry was right along with me in parenting and marriage. Oh. I loved it. It was everything that I wanted it to be. 

And that was our own little extra holiday. It was totally fun! And now we are ready for August!