We are officially off from Dec 23-Jan 3. I was going to take off the 22nd, too, but our homeschool group switched the group gym class to the 22nd, so we did that and then went with another family to go Christmas caroling at a nearby assisted living home. The seniors absolutely loved having the kids (and moms) go sing to them and visit with them awhile, and the kids really enjoyed it, too.

We've made some cheeseballs, cookies and bath salts to give as gifts, but mostly we have played games, read, done artwork with her new art supplies, and ....... we have been sleeping in most days! I struggle with insomnia, but once I finally get to sleep, which has been about 6am a lot recently, I can sleep fine until I have to get up. That means usually I do good to get a solid 2 hours of sleep. This week I'm running on 4 or more hours, and I feel better. I'm thinking that tonight I am going to push myself to just stay up and not go to bed until 10pm tomorrow, and see if that will reset my clock and put me on a normal schedule. Maybe I'll be tired enough to conk out at 10 and then get up like a normal person on Sunday.

Maybe while I'm up all night tonight, I'll get next week's school work together. For some reason I have not even looked at that! Yikes!

How are you all doing? When do you pack away the Christmas tree and take down all the decorations? I think that will be Sunday or Monday, here.

Merry Christmas to you all, and Happy New Year!