The New Year: December 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

I did it!

Someone told me that putting music on their blog was really hard. It wasn't! I just did the same thing I did when I added a cute border. I am going to try to change my music often but we will see. I like a lot of different kinds of music so hopefully I can find it on this website to share here! Pink is one of my favorite singers but I must admit she is a bit irreverent- kind of like me at times!! ENJOY!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

two left

these are the two calendars I have left.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Neighbor gifts

Bobby has started a new traditon in our family. Last year he started and I think it will continue on. I love it because it is his thing and it helps him be part of all the fun. Another reason I love it is because it reminds me a little of what his parents do for neighbor gifts. When Bobby was growing up his mom made her famous sourdough bread with the knots on top and delivered it to everyone. I even got hot loaves delivered to me when we were dating. (He has a very smart mother!!) Anyway, this cookie recipe is his mother's recipe and now it is our tradition to make them and give them out to the neighbors. Last year Bobby gave them to his Friend John that he carpools with. Bobby took them our Christmas card this year and John's wife asked if he was making the cookies and asked if she could buy extra. That made Bobby feel really good. He make them 6 dozen, we hope that was enough!!!

I special soaps and sanitizers this year. I printed words on transparencies and put them inside. I can't show all the ones I made because I have either given them away or I don't want to ruin the surprise but I think they turned out very cute. Everyone turned out different thanks to the wordle.net website and thanks to Dana for introducing me to it. I posted the picture of the one I made for our family.

Christmas 2009

I LOVE CHRISTMAS TIME! I love all the days before Christmas even more than the actual day.

Here is a list of everything I love about Christmas:

Hot Cocoa

Lights on Houses

Snow and snowmans

Christmas music

Christmas trees and their ornaments

SHOPPING (of course)!!!!! (especially black friday)

Wrapping presents

Stockings

Parties

Christmas treats

Good food

Jammies of Christmas Eve

The excitement my kids feel waiting for Christmas to get here

Christmas break (from School)

Here are some of our traditions:

*Put up the tree the weekend after thanksgiving

*Daddy puts up the tree and straightens out the branches (I

try not to be home when he does it because he takes way too long)

*The kids put all the ornaments they want on the tree and I freak out

because the ornaments they choose are not the desinated ones so I suggest the kids have their own tree and we are all happy

*I decorate the tree exactly the way I want it even though I know it

will be rearranged thoughout the holiday

*Our advent calendar

* the kids put 4 treats in each cup and eat one everyday

*Writing a letter to santa

*they are very cute letters that will be scrapbooked

*Sitting on Santa's lap

* I protest this one every year but my mom always insists we do it. So,this year instead of going to the mall we went to Wal-mart. They were offering free pictures so I decided it might be worth it. It wasn't!!! Santa was 25 minutes late and reminded me of the Santa in the movie Christmas Story. The picture is soo funny. It has the book isle of Wal-mart in the background and...... a shopping cart with a bag of dog food in it. NO I am not kidding! If my scanner worked on my copier I would put the picture in this post but it doesn't work so just imagine how funny it might look!

This year we are starting two new traditions. This year we are just doing Christmas morning with our own family, no one else. I am sooo excited about it. The other thing we are doing on Christmas is NO fancy meals. I don't like cooking very much and every year I end up missing some of the joy of Christmas because I am cooking a fancy breakfast and dinner. I am not doing that this year. In fact, Santa is bringing my kids a box of cookie crisp cereal (my kids' favorite) and that is what we are having for breakfast. For dinner we are having left over smoked turkey and whatever else we have leftover from Christmas Eve. I think this will make a huge difference for me this year--- I will post about it after it's all over of course!!!