My Mosaic

@Bow can totally understand! It's hard to have to navigate that, and not knowing what fresh stressy mess is going to be sprung on you each time. I'm glad you stuck to your guns last time, and can continue to do so! Cos you're right, it's about giving your D the best experience, and not about his plans. Good on you.

I imagine it'll be a tough one w/o your step-dad, but hopefully spending it together you can take the time to remember and honour him 💜

Thanks @Jynx I sincerely appreciate the understanding! It truly is so difficult to navigate.

I may just put in the effort and put up some outdoor Christmas lights. That was my step dads thing, he loved it. We haven’t done it much over the last few years though cause he hasn’t been well enough to do it which meant it fell back on me and I haven’t always felt the Christmas cheer to do it!
Mum has an amazing Christmas village, which we set up.

I’ve gotta do that stupid elf!! It was cute the first year…

That would be a nice way to honour him and feel like he is there with you @Bow. It’s going to be hard for you all.

I do Christmas lights, this is the first place that I’ve done it. It makes a difference that it’s mine. I rarely put up a tree though. It’s too much work.

Christmas is hard to work out in your situation. We had the same problem. They use to do the half day each as well. They would take turns in who had her in the morning. Then it changed to whole days. One Christmas Day and the other Boxing Day. So we would wait until Boxing Day to celebrate so she didn’t miss out.

That is such a nice way to honour him @Bow - I hope it gives you all a little extra sparkle for the holidays 😊

What's this elf you speak of?

I love doing our tree @Captain24 except for fluffing the tree! Lights are so much effort… climbing up and down the ladder.

Oh @Jynx have you not heard of elf on the shelf?? Our elf is called Dot. She arrives the first of December. She has a little elf door that appears and comes to keep an eye on D on the lead up to Christmas. Every night she goes back to the North Pole to report back to Santa. When D wakes in the morning Dot is in a new position… and usually up to some kind of mischief. You can buy lots of accessories for them… clothes, swings, babies and other random things.
It usually means that once I’ve crawled into bed and got comfy I remember that I haven’t moved Dot, swear and then have to get up and come up with some new place and mischief for her to get up to.

I end up so sore @Bow. I try and do it at the beginning of my break so I have time to get over it! Mines hard. The ground is so uneven that the ladder rocks constantly. I always make sure my phone is in my pocket incase I fall! Lol.

Im on my own so there is no one here to watch out for me!

Oh that elf! @Bow yes I'd heard of it vaguely, but mostly through internet memes lol. That sounds super cute though! I love it, so much mischief afoot, hehehe

Yep that elf @Jynx ! I try and come up with half a dozen mischievous ones, the rest she is just hidden in random places around the house. Mum helps too… she stays up later than me so I often text from my room after I’ve gone to bed and remembered I hadn’t moved it and ask her to do it! Elf drew on my D’s face last year. That didn’t go down too well! Lol There’s lot of ideas around though.

@Captain24 Yes we must be careful up on the ladder. I’m ok when the ladder is an A frame, but when I gotta stretch it out to the really long one, I hate that.

well I think I’m gonna go crawl into bed my friends. Thanks for chatting tonight. I have really appreciated the distraction 💕

Nighty night @Bow hope the elf doesn't cause havoc in your dreams hehehe

Good to chat, been just lovely!