Cocooning is about spending meaningful time with family members. Try a movie for just you and your daughter. Perhaps bake brownies with your son. Wrap gifts with your spouse. Then hang an ornament on the tree to celebrate your "cocoon" experience fun. Good memories are forever!
Go ahead, create your own, private chocolate stash. Dark chocolate is reputedly good for you. When you have an "off" day, break off a square and enjoy. You will melt your stress away, thanks to its antioxidant flavonoids. Bon Appetit!
How's this for a game changer? Pick one weekend this December and make it yours! Take the weekend off. No cooking, no dishes, no trips to the store. Let everyone know beforehand so they can pick up the slack (or put up with the mess, whichever they choose). Enjoy the season and recharge for Monday. You'll improve your attitude and make a jumpstart on your Christmas attitude!
You're going to have those "inside snow days," like it or not. Make plans, now. Hide little items around the house, toy figurines or handwritten notes. (Plastic Easter eggs work fine!) Send the kiddos on a scavenger hunt. The one who finds the most can pick what to have for dinner or the movie for the night! You can even team up a younger sibling with an older one as a team building opportunity!
We love Santa's gifts. After Christmas, where do we put them? Today's the time to begin making room. Garage sale or donation; clean out the old to make room for the new. Last year's coat? Off to Goodwill! Scratched up toys? In the "bye-bye box." Those old books and movies? Your library or resale shop might take them. The day after Christmas? You'll have room for everything!