I love Presidents' Day!

Monday was Presidents' Day, a holiday for everyone in our family. I'm just now realizing what a great holiday it is. First of all, everybody gets a day off from their usual responsibilities. Second, there is no extra work involved with the holiday, ie. gift-giving, costume-making, or feast-creating. Call me a Scrooge but I get tired of all the extra work associated with most of our major holidays. Sadly, Christmas and Halloween are not really days I look forward to. Coming off Valentine's Day which still had all the usual responsibilities (school, work, etc.) plus extra work for the holiday, I'm really appreciating these no-stress holidays.

I still (mostly) enjoy the holidays that involve lots of extra work (especially for moms) but I wouldn't mind lower expectations for some of them (yes, I'm thinking of Christmas and I'm as guilty as anyone in this).

Back to Presidents' Day...we got together in the morning with our college kids and went cross-country skiing, sledding, and snowshoeing in a nearby canyon park. We had a great time and it was definitely one of our more successful outings. Afterwards we had a big lunch together at our house that my 16-year-old helped me make. It was a great day!

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