Comments on: If holiday ennui makes for a bad parent, then I’m downright terrible http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/ Denver parenting, with altitude Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lizzy http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1897 Lizzy Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:30:51 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1897 I fail in the consistency area. One year Christmas will be all out, the next we barely get a tree up and presents wrapped. This year I had a bunch of Valentine decorations ready to put up, but they never went up. And I did a better job at celebrating St. Paty's day than Easter. I fail in the consistency area. One year Christmas will be all out, the next we barely get a tree up and presents wrapped. This year I had a bunch of Valentine decorations ready to put up, but they never went up. And I did a better job at celebrating St. Paty’s day than Easter.

]]> By: Kagey http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1896 Kagey Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:31:22 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1896 My mom was great at all the holiday stuff. Even came up with crafty things for me and my sibs to do with each holiday. And don't get me started on Christmas. She still makes over 12 different kinds of cookies & candy for Christmas, and none of are home to help eat it. (Neighbors & friends get generous plates.) She makes 10 dozen sugar cookies alone, and frosts the individually. So the fact that I didn't get to ANY Christmas baking this year, and only made 4 kinds of cookie the year before causes me some guilt. I'm still trying to find a balance between the super-holiday Mom my own mother is and what I can handle. Other holidays are less intense, and I feel less guilty about them - I got small easter baskets for the kids, but we don't have any decorations up. And I don't feel guilty at all. Maybe I am finding that balance? My mom was great at all the holiday stuff. Even came up with crafty things for me and my sibs to do with each holiday. And don’t get me started on Christmas. She still makes over 12 different kinds of cookies & candy for Christmas, and none of are home to help eat it. (Neighbors & friends get generous plates.) She makes 10 dozen sugar cookies alone, and frosts the individually.
So the fact that I didn’t get to ANY Christmas baking this year, and only made 4 kinds of cookie the year before causes me some guilt. I’m still trying to find a balance between the super-holiday Mom my own mother is and what I can handle.
Other holidays are less intense, and I feel less guilty about them – I got small easter baskets for the kids, but we don’t have any decorations up. And I don’t feel guilty at all. Maybe I am finding that balance?

]]> By: Caloden http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1895 Caloden Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:42:34 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1895 I love any and all holiday, mostly because it is a diversion from most anything I really need to be doing, like laundry. But I fall short in the organizational department. My kids will likely have the most outlandish Easter egg hunts, involving elaborate scavenger hunts and whatnot. But the likelihood they will have matching socks? Not so good. I love any and all holiday, mostly because it is a diversion from most anything I really need to be doing, like laundry. But I fall short in the organizational department. My kids will likely have the most outlandish Easter egg hunts, involving elaborate scavenger hunts and whatnot. But the likelihood they will have matching socks? Not so good.

]]> By: Catherine http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1894 Catherine Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:12:59 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1894 You're very right, Amber. Hallmark definitely has its uses! :) You’re very right, Amber. Hallmark definitely has its uses! :)

]]> By: Candace http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1893 Candace Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:26:29 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1893 Oh, I can bring the candy, all right. It just won't be homemade! Oh, I can bring the candy, all right. It just won’t be homemade!

]]> By: Amber http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1892 Amber Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:49:23 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1892 And no, this is not a product pitch for that one card company. :-) And no, this is not a product pitch for that one card company. :-)

]]> By: Amber http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1891 Amber Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:48:39 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1891 I am one of those annoying women who goes all out for the holidays and events. However, I fall short with crafts. I am plagued by guilt that I am not constantly bringing out the gluesticks and paper, making homemade cards for Grandma, etc. In my opinion, thank goodness for Hallmark! I am one of those annoying women who goes all out for the holidays and events. However, I fall short with crafts. I am plagued by guilt that I am not constantly bringing out the gluesticks and paper, making homemade cards for Grandma, etc.

In my opinion, thank goodness for Hallmark!

]]> By: Janet http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1890 Janet Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:24:52 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1890 I am so that mother too. My two little ones come home with the colored egg (real, not fake!), the Mother's Day gifts, the Father's Day gifts, et. al. I love Christmas, birthdays, Thanksgiving, and summer. But do I decorate my house? Not unless it is Christmas because my parents have trees and I love Christmas. Do I feel guilty when I go to my stay at home neighbor's house which is decorated to the hilt in whatever holiday it is? Ummm, YEA! But will I change? Ummmm, probably not. Holidays are what you make of it and how you enjoy them with your family. That is important. Not what Hallmark says. I am so that mother too. My two little ones come home with the colored egg (real, not fake!), the Mother’s Day gifts, the Father’s Day gifts, et. al. I love Christmas, birthdays, Thanksgiving, and summer. But do I decorate my house? Not unless it is Christmas because my parents have trees and I love Christmas. Do I feel guilty when I go to my stay at home neighbor’s house which is decorated to the hilt in whatever holiday it is? Ummm, YEA! But will I change? Ummmm, probably not. Holidays are what you make of it and how you enjoy them with your family. That is important. Not what Hallmark says.

]]> By: Dana Chase http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1889 Dana Chase Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:23:49 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/03/25/if-holiday-ennui-makes-for-a-bad-parent-then-im-downright-terrible/#comment-1889 I am right there with you and am plagued by guilt because of it. So I fake to be THAT mother, for the sake of the children! I am right there with you and am plagued by guilt because of it. So I fake to be THAT mother, for the sake of the children!

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