Boxing Day

We may not celebrate Boxing Day in the U.S., but our family certainly has our December 26th traditions, and honestly, it's one of my favorite days of the whole season.

While the weeks leading up to Christmas are full of anticipation and planning, crafting and shopping, wrapping and decorating, and Christmas itself is full of surprises and excitement, the day after Christmas is pure indulgence.

The kids usually sleep in from the sheer exhaustion of Christmas Day. We hang out in our pajamas as long as we like. We eat leftovers and cookies and candy all day. We play with new toys, read new books, watch a movie.

 This year, the kids spent much of the day bouncing on the new trampoline which temporarily took up residence in our family room because Santa thought that was really funny.

The laziness of the day is pure awesomeness and I look forward to getting to rest after the crazy month previous.