So my phone time has significantly decreased and I’m feeling all the better for it – more present. It can get tempting, I don’t know why. Connection to the world I guess.
Christmas seemed a bit of an anti climax. I think perhaps this is due to seasons. I still can’t accept Christmas in the sun! It all just feels too fake and commercial. We had told Alex about Santa not being real. When we caught up with his friends a few days later, they all had an argument about it, and Alex got mad at me. He said I was a liar and that Santa is real. When he was calmer, we talked about it and decided that we can pretend Santa is real, he’s like any other character. A happy middle ground I think. We’ll see what happens next year!
Vio is no longer working nights and I have seen this reflected in Alex’s behaviour already. He’s managing so much better than the past 3 or 4 months. And it’s nice to have Daddy around so much more.
I have a few aims for the new year. The first is to increase Alex’s awareness of other peoples needs. A second is for him to start recognising the value of money. Perhaps with pocket money. Third, I need to integrate my needs into our daily lives instead of doing things when they aren’t around, like I’m separate. There is just not enough time for that. Lastly, our family needs to make homeschooling more financially viable. It’s currently unsustainable. If we can’t get it to work, then a serious rethink will have to happen. Possibly school, even though Vio and I loathe the idea.
Some of the things we got up to around Christmas time to try and get into the Christmas spirit included going to the city to see the Myer windows and Town Hall projections. We went to Carols at the Castle too. Alex spent most of his time playing in a big pile of dirt!
We spent Christmas day with family, and NYE at Footscray park waiting for the family time fireworks. The kids loved it again.
