How are you going with your Christmas preparation? I talked in my previous Christmas post about how I am making a real effort to tackle the lead-up to the big day in stages, to try to reduce the stress of a hectic month. After all, especially with kids, Christmas is meant to be a time of fun, laughter and joy!
Can you believe it is only 5 weeks until Christmas?! This year I made a decision to give it a lot more thought and preparation than previous years. This is only because I didn't plan well last year, and therefore felt very stressed and overwhelmed trying to get everything done in the last week or so!
So today is the day - we are leaving for Noosa and I couldn't be more excited about spending some relaxing and fun time with my loved ones! This is actually our first family vacay outside of Melbourne. Throughout the year, we are lucky to have use of my parent's holiday house on the Great Ocean Road, so we spend a big chunk of our summer there, and weekends where possible. So, the challenge for me on this trip was having to pack for the 4 of us with a small amount of space! Usually we load up the car to the max, but this time of course suitcase space was limited.
One thing I've realised about kids that I'm sure most parents could relate to, is that they produce a huge amount of artwork! Of course, I treasure each and every piece (well, pretty much) - but if you don't have somewhere to display it, or a system to organise all the pieces, it can feel like it's taking over the house. I have to admit, it is taken me a while to figure out an artwork display and storage system that really works for me.
