Day 87 of 365 - And So It Is Done

I am sitting here with the end of a glass of wine after our family has departed from the holiday gathering here.  We had a great afternoon and early evening together, but my, it was busy.  We forgot how active an almost eighteen month old can be.

Our little grandson is an absolute delight, and very sociable.  It is wonderful to see him growing and changing so much since we last visited with him.  He really enjoyed interacting with everyone, playing with toys and exploring the space of our apartment.  He's becoming quite the little chatterbox too, though mostly not intelligible to us yet.  For the most part, he does a pretty good job of communicating what he wants with gestures accompanied by sounds.

But, we forget how quickly a little one moves from one thing to another, and how much supervision they need, for their own safety.  We did a lot of childproofing, so he was fine, but someone needed to be on their feet, following him just to be sure.

Everyone could see him tiring as the day progressed.  And, his little cheeks got pinker and pinker with fatigue and also teething discomfort.  And then he had had enough.  That's another thing with little ones;  when they are done, they are done!  The party is over!  So everything was quickly packed up and he was bundled up for the car, where he hopefully soon fell asleep on the drive home.

Our holiday celebrations are finished now.  All the gifts have been exchanged.  We have all been lovingly spoiled with treats and delicious food.  And, we all had fun visiting together and exchanging news of our lives for several hours.

The very full dishwasher is running.  Leftovers have been refrigerated or sent home.  Some basic tidying up has been done.  The rest will wait until tomorrow.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve.  We do not really make much of it in the way of celebration.  It's a low key day for us.  It will be a good day to clean up and rearrange items we took out of reach from our grandson.  Maybe I will start putting some Christmas things away.

For tonight, however, I'm going to sit in my recliner with my feet up and watch a show on TV.  Hopefully, I will be tired enough to get a better sleep tonight than last night.  One can always hope.
It's a satisfying kind of fatigue, from a day well spent with family.  It was a lovely, heartwarming day and holiday season.






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