Christmas

It's quickly appoaching. I think the shopping is finally done well that is excluding food shopping.
Skating, sledding and lots of family fun is ahead of us.

Christmas Cards

This year we have decided to be a little more environmentally friendly and save me some time. We have sent an electronic Christmas card. Unfortunately not everyone we know has email (or that we have their address). So if you received a card and know someone who cares about us & would love to see the picture of the girls please share.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Oh Christmas Tree

When I was growing up we never put up a tree until the weekend before Christmas because my sister has a birthday on the 16th of December. So when I moved out & started a family that just seemed like the way to do. This is however hubby some how has changed my mind and our tree was bought this weekend and decorated. We'll see how the girls do.

Going out to pick our tree was really nice this year. Usually we've gone and bought from the boy scoots but this year we went to a horticultural store and bought from them (wasn't nearly as cold still outside kinda). The store even had people to load / tight the tree down on the truck. This is our first christmas in our new house and getting the tree in was painless.

So far things are going very easy and effortless for xmas so lets hope they continue.

Hard at Work

Today the girls did not have school so the nany had them HARD at WORK being santa's elves. The girls with the help of the nanny are making xmas gifts for some family members. They are way too cute!

Busy Making Christmas gifts

This year the little ladies & I are trying to make a lot of our xmas gifts. My medium girl has been busy running the embroidery machine. Since we have yet to buy software to put letters together for names (free trial expired) our home made gifts are getting first initial only. Medium girl picks the thread color, loads the thread (i thread needle), picks the letter we need, loads the card into the reader writter and then once I put the fabric on the hoop she runs the machine. It's nice. I get a lot done while my elf is helping. We hope everyone loves what we are making.
Project #1 is well underway. Then the nieces / special little people project will get started (hopefully we my joann's order will arrive soon). Just wish we didn't have to mail the majority of our gifts. We won't get to see most gifts being opened :(

Christmas May Now Come

Last night after the babies were tucked snug in their beds & Grandma staying home, hubby & I went out for a long night of shopping. We started off our DATE night at Starbucks (yummy) then off to the mall we went. It was BUSY. We were very successful at the mall getting things ticked off our list. Libby Lu's (little girls heaven) is going out of business (bad economy) & the girls have been asking for makeup @ every Santa visit this season. Libby Lu's was the place for that. After we closed the mall (10pm) we headed over to Toys R US, oh the fun in a toy store without kids! We were shocked to see how many SCREAMING kids were out after 10 pm. ahh. After our shopping was again very successful there it was off to WALMART (open 24hours). We spotted a flyer on our way in & realized it had a thing or two we wanted for xmas & found out that the sale started at midnight. So we shopped around & then hung around in line ups (yes line ups) till well after midnight. oh the fun. The girls Auntie sent them a gift card for walmart so hubby & I bought various craft things for them to open as gifts from his sister/ family on xmas day. The girls are going to again have WAY to many presents under the tree.

Grandma was still up when we got home (2am) so we had to tell her all about the GREAT deals we saw everywhere. So today she was off to the mall LIBBY LU's & brought home a huge bag from there. The 3 year old (who went to a birthday party there this summer) knew the label on the bag & wanted to know what was inside the bag. Oh the excitement is building!

We decorated the tree today, Nana & Papa's presents are under the tree, letters to Santa all finished up & now we are READY. The count down has begun except for a 5 & 3 year old 2 weeks is going to seem like FOREVER!! 11 more sleeps