December Goals List

“Don’t let the past steal the present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.” — Taylor Caldwell

I'm posting this a day early buuuuut I couldn't wait any longer! December is here at long last and you know what that means.... holiday season! I'm expecting my third child this month so Christmas has a new meaning for me. I keep telling my kids that their baby brother is the best Christmas present they will ever receive. My heart is so ready to explode its not even funny.

That means I have a lot of time at home to reflect on my holiday goals and get ready for the little guy to make his arrival.

I created a list of goals a while back. I'll drop the link below.

I wanted to do something similar for December this year because I have so much to accomplish before baby gets here that it's not even funny. I thought it would be worth sharing as well. These are just my personal goals for December this year.

SO here it goes....

Chloe's December Goals...

• Decorate for Christmas -finished that in November...
• Wrap Christmas gifts- accomplished that in October.. err well most of them anyways...
• Finish making Christmas gifts for my relatives and friends. I couldn't afford to buy everyone gifts this year. So I've been getting crafty. I like making gemstone creations in my spare time so I'm planning on gemstone bookmarks. I also need to finish making my mother in laws beer sign. I found this cool idea to make beer bottle cap necklaces on YouTube so that's what I'm going to be working on for the next little while.
• Christmas baking... I need to figure out how to make snicker doodles for my partner and sugar cookies for my kids. Ginger snaps are a holiday tradition that my godmother and I used to make together. This is my first year without her so I'm hoping I can mimic her recipe.
• Finish organizing baby stuff... Nesting has been kicking in full gear lately! Baby doesn't have his own room so I'm finding it challenging figuring out where all his stuff should go.
• Meal prepping for when baby comes... I have a list of meals to make and freeze to make life a little easier with three kids.
• Christmas crafts with the kids! I want this Christmas to be magical for them. I found a few Christmas crafts on Pinterest that I wanted to make with them.
• Watch as many Christmas movies with my family as possible! We have already watched Home Alone and my son loves it!
• Create Christmas cards. I haven't done this in years and I cannot decide if I want a family picture one or if I'm just buying dollar store cards this year. Hmmm temptations. My old coworker gave me one last year and it was a digital art piece. It was so cool and it made me wonder why I ever stopped giving out cards.
• Build a gingerbread house with my family. Nobody was interested in carving pumpkins this past year but I have high hopes that we can create a gingerbread house together this Christmas.

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Writing all that out, er well, typing, has really helped organize my ADHD brain.

I want to create some magic this year for my family. We had a really rough year and I hope that there are some beautiful new beginnings ready for us in 2024. I'm already claiming it, I know we are going to have a great year next year.

What are some of your December goals for this year?

Chloe Rose Violet🌹

Here is the link to the original prompts list! Do one or or challenge yourself to completing all of them!