This is How We Holiday! Co-Parenting Edition #amonthoffaves
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In past years, I’ve showed you our Christmas tree, shared recipes, and discussed gift giving, but this year I want to approach the holidays a little differently.
My son’s dad and myself coparent. We’ve both been remarried, but we know it’s our #1 responsibility to make a life for our son. Therefore, we’ve developed some Christmas coparenting traditions.
Every year, on Christmas morning, Chuck and his family, Greyson, and my husband and I, all get together to celebrate. Greyson usually spends a few days before Christmas with one of us, and then that morning is our time to have time together and switch off so he can go to the other parent’s house for a few days.
We congregate, usually at G’s dad’s house around 9 or 10am, have some snacks, I refuse the eggnog (always), and we open gifts. There’s always a lot of laughter, and Greyson loves having us all together for obvious reasons, and he quite likes the attention and performance involved. He’s a ham. He comes by it honestly.
When he was a baby, we never saw this particular tradition coming, but I’m glad of it. I’m proud of the coparenting we do, the ways we’ve brought our families together, and the boy we’re raising.
Your turn! We’re tickled to read about your holidays!
10 Comments
Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf
I love this so much!
Andi
Thank you muchly!
bermudaonion (Kathy)
It’s so great when exes act like adults.
Andi
Isn’t it, though? We get so many compliments. lol
Bryan G. Robinson
Just one question. Why do you always refuse the eggnog?
Andi
It strikes me as thick and weird. Just can’t do it.
Tamara @ Traveling With T
I LOVE this. You know, no one goes into a marriage thinking about how to behave if they get a divorce, but it seems that you and your ex-hubby are making the best go of it.. and focusing on raising your son in the best environment possible. YAY for you all!
Andi
Thank you so much! He’s definitely the priority. We had a great celebration yesterday.
Akilah
Aw, this is so sweet. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Andi
My pleasure! It always kind of gobsmacks me when we get comments about it in real life. Like, we’ll be out having a meal together in a restaurant where we know the servers, and they’ll say how great it is. For us, it’s just life. It’s how we do. We’re very lucky that we don’t have the conflict others have to endure.