It was hard to believe Christmas was almost here!
With the beginning of Cam's winter break, he started coughing and was fighting a runny nose. Jane had picked up Oma on Sunday and we were hopeful Cameron would feel better. We opted for watching the church's Christmas Eve service online. Our dear friend Patti, surprised us by dropping off her most delicious homemade chicken soup and freshly baked bread accompanied by Steve's scrumptious homemade caramel corn.
By the next morning, we were all ready to celebrate Christmas🎄Following our tradition of opening stockings, we took turns unveiling gifts we had chosen for each other. Oma always finds treasures from the Maruska store for each of us to wear. Cam expertly chose gifts that he wrapped at school. It seemed one of the themes we all inadvertently picked up on were new games: Uno No Mercy, Uno Flip, Impossible Puzzle, Grand Rapids Monopoly and Hot Streak.
Our afternoon was spent testing out the new Uno games which led to lots of laughing! There are some key differences between Flip and Classic Uno games.
With Uno Flip, players start on the Light Side of the deck, matching cards by color, number, or symbol.
When someone plays a Flip card, the game switches to the Dark Side, which has more challenging action cards (like Draw Five and Skip Everyone).
The game continues flipping between sides until a player plays their last card.
After each round, points are scored based on the cards remaining in opponents’ hands. The first player to reach 500 points wins the game. We played multiple rounds and finally started preparing dinner. That evening, we ventured out for our Christmas lights tour in the surrounding area.
On Friday, Dec. 26th, we welcomed a small subset of our extended family for a holiday gathering at our place. Prior to 2020, we hosted the annual party for more than five years. Cam had been asking if we would ever be able to have it again. It seemed this was the time to resurrect that tradition. Even though we had less than twenty people (compared to almost 50 when everyone was in attendance) it was fun to reconnect and re-visit memories together.
Saturday afternoon, we brought Oma back to her home, very thankful for the extra time we had with each other. As Cam noted, we even started a new tradition- playing games on Christmas Day!
When Cam wasn't feeling well, he reported his wellness percentage each morning when he woke up:
"Today, my coughing is 80%, my runny nose is 70% my stomach is 95% and overall, I am about 80%."
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