Christmas Break

On Christmas Eve we celebrated by having a traditional Polish Wigilia. Many dishes of amazing food made by my mom. Magi's favorite part was the breaking of the Oplatek, she figured out how it works this year and was eager to break pieces so she can eat some herself. I remember doing this since I was a little girl and it is nice to see the girls doing the same thing. We all ate until we could eat no more and then opened presents. The next morning Iza was the first one awake around 7:30 but climbed into our bed and waited until Magi and Mimi were awake so they can open presents together. This year Iza and Mimi bought presents at the St. Nick Shop at school, it was cute to see what they got each other and us, they put alot of thought into their little gifts.

This is the best I could get with the three of them...

Making Gingerbread House, it caved in due to the large amounts of icing and candy.

The girls had a New Year's celebration at school during the break. They enjoyed a balloon man/Magician, arts and crafts and music. They counted down and had a balloon drop at 3pm, it was loud! Most of all I think they were happy to run around with their friends and talk about what they have been up to. For the real New Year's Eve we rented movies, ate pop corn, and one by one everyone but me fell asleep before midnight. Mimi requested I wake her up so she can see the ball drop but she refused to open her eyes when I did she just stuck her tongue out so I can give her her chemo pill and she fell back to sleep.

Balloon Drop at 3pm :)

Mimi has been doing okay for the most part, for some reason this round of steroids really did a number on her. She would get very upset about silly things to the point of crying for hours and unable to catch her breath, it was so hard to watch. The thing that would set her off was/is clothes, she hates the feeling of most clothing and has only one outfit she will wear. I have picked my battles and just keep rewashing the same outfit for her. Good thing she wears a uniform to school and it does not seem to bother her. The good thing is she knows it is the pills doing it, she has learned to eventually calm down and take a rest. Thankfully Dan has been home so he was able to stay home with her so she can calm down while I took Iza and Magi to do things. I do feel bad when she misses things but the reality is she needs her chill time, we all do.

The girl and her pizza, all she wanted was pizza delivered and everything would be okay.

It was delivered and she was all smiles.

In a nutshell: It was a roller coaster week, emotions ranging from full out excitement and joy to some tantrums and tears and some lazy chill days in between. But I would not change anything for the five of us being together!