It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

November 25, 2011

I know what I said, I wasn't thinking about Christmas till after Brienne's birthday. But... a funny (and blessed!) thing happened this week - the chalet got mostly organized. I am breathing a huge sigh of relief.

There's a few crates of books we need to bring in and find homes for (no easy task) but my big unpacking responsibilities are done. Then we need to re-organize the trailer for easy winter access to our all out outdoor gear - something we are not able to store in our 750 sq foot home (with no closets or any storage space to speak of). All part of the journey to organize our life for smaller scale living.

Once that last empty box was removed from the chalet my mind was free to think about the next big thing, Christmas.

Lego mistletoe

Oh I do love Christmas and I'm so excited about having a simple, small scale, let's go cross country skiing and come home to the wood burning stove type holiday.

While I'm thinking "simple" the kids are thinking "presents!" and putting together wish lists for Christmas. They don't have long lists of things they want and are hard pressed to come up with two or three items. But lego is definitely on that wish list, as it is most years.

Our children's love for Lego has been a homeschool sanity saver during this move. They have played and built Lego every day, for hours. No TV, no videos. Just lots and lots of Lego. It's the best toy ever.

When they're not playing lego they are purusing the Lego site building their wish list.