Making space in the Mess-terpiece
Entering the Christmas season, I had all the details already formed in my mind. It would be perfect. We would sip hot chocolate, blast the Christmas music, and decorate our home to rival any Better Homes and Gardens magazine page. Naturally, this would all be done while smiling and laughing. This would be the best Christmas season a blended family ever had! I’m sure you can guess that it did not go the way I had planned. Hubs and I were 4 months into blending two families, each with a 7-year-old boy and established traditions. He entered the marriage with a Homer Simpson talking Santa stuck in a chimney…to be prominently displayed on my BH&G themed mantel. Along with Homer, our stockings were mismatched and my boys continued to add random “decorations” making the focal point mantel a bit eclectic rather than classic chic. Within 20 minutes of decorating, my bonus son was sent to his room for some calm down time and my biological son was laid out on the couch sick. Tear...