Just wanted to give you a quick heads up on Christmas plans. You should I am glad to hear that you plan to take S3 and D1.5 to your mom’s for Christmas Eve. The kids would love to have you here Christmas morning and you're more than welcome to swing by for a while. We will probably start around 7:30-8. Also, what are your thoughts on doing a small gift exchange from the kids? S3 mentioned he wanted to go shopping for you. Thought it might be fun for each of us to take him shopping. You may have some other ideas.
Let me know what you think. Your input is important to me as we try to make the holidays positive and create good memories for everyone.
Lorelai
It's best to leave out shoula, coulda, woulda....not good for they come across as demands or expectations ['you should take'...etc]. Remember that your H has this perception that you're "controlling" and you would want to move away from it (and break that darn pattern too!).
