A New Chapter

Recently we've been caught up with the holidays. Thanksgiving was filled with family, and while we had a wonderful time it's a blur since it went so fast! December holidays are going strong, and P seems to have a passion for holiday music. P is also trying to decide if the big man in red is real or an act. 

He wrote out his list and brought it to Santa himself, but he's still not quite sure about the whole thing. He also mentioned that if Santa is real then he gets more presents. I'm not sure how to handle this one, so we'll roll with the punches. We did take advantage of the opportunity to talk about sharing. P and I adopted an angel and did plenty of shopping for a child who had less than us. It was tough, but I think we've laid the ground for a nice tradition. I hope that he'll continue to realize it's not all about presents, and it's not all about him. 

It seems we've confused our poor child a bit too. He says it snows at Christmas time, but the weather here won't cooperate with his plans. He wore his new mittens with shorts to get ice cream. Apparently we need to work on understanding weather better. He doesn't yet grasp that for snow it also has to be cold.

With all of this we've also reached another big milestone. Today was kiddo's last day of school!

 We're all excited for the next chapter. While our schedule is changing there will still be plenty of adventures. Probably more since we ended up with a new vehicle for our adventures. We're looking forward to some family bonding time before celebrating Christmas with extended family.

Soon we'll be planning out 2016. We've got one big trip planned, and other ideas that may end up as spur of the moment trips. I'm always up for suggestions though - so if there's a place you love to explore share with us and it might just end up on our itinerary!