The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is officially over.

I admit to waking up each day of the holiday weekend wondering what day it was and then breathing a sigh of relief I didn’t have to be anywhere but at home with my children.

But it’s now Monday.

Back to work and school.

No more eating homemade sweet potato pie for breakfast or ordering Chinese lunch specials because you crave a break from the candied sweet potatoes and orange infused green beans packed in your fridge.

No more everyone curling up on the couch or snuggling under the covers watching back to back holiday themed movies. Or making cups and cups of hot cocoa and making sure each cup had just the right amount of marshmallows in various sizes.

While Christmas break is on its way and this weekend can be relieved in all its food and fun glory; I thankfully have a few memories to hold me over. My favorite is of my children using water colors, stamp sets, beading kits and decorative hole punchers to entertain themselves after dinner. My kids are so crafty and I love it! And I’m so proud that TV can be turned off in our house and we survive.

This really is the most wonderful time of the year.