Snipit's of our Christmas Decor around the house...Christmas 2010

Traditions!!! Do you have any?

Traditions!!!!

December is here and all our traditions are in full swing with our Elf (which K named Elfie) showing up Thanksgiving. Elfie is a hoot. Every morning he zips back from the North Pole in time for us to find him in the morning and he watches over us all day long until bed time when he fly's to Santa's workshop to let him know if we've been naughty or nice for the day.

This year we are starting a new tradition based on an old tradition but this year instead of just getting in our Christmas Pj's and reading the night before Christmas and sending K off to bed this year we are adding the grandparents via Skype with a little chat and the reading sending K to bed for Santa in the morning.

We have yet to find a neighborhood for Christmas lights so we tend to have hot cocoa in the van and driving through a local park who put up some nice lights for the holidays. It's neat but something about houses all decorated just brings out the Jolly.

Toys for tots.. I felt this was something important I wanted my child/ren to grow up doing. I have been doing this for years (16 yrs old)but K started giving since he was 2 but last year was his first year of going out and buying some toys to donate. each year he becomes more aware of WHY we do what we do. We are so blessed with all that we have it's a blessing to be able to share that blessing with others.

Baking cookies, decorating, the story of Christmas just to name of a few of events we end up doing before Christmas

Sneak Peek of what I'm working on

Working on some garland and our whimsical Christmas tree

We got an orange package today

Yup we got our Christmas cards today. I am in LOVE with them.

Oh I'm so FULL

Thanksgiving 2010

At our house it's just the 3 of us since we live across the country from our family. As you can see we still have the whole makings of a thanksgiving dinner. Yes we end us having leftovers for a while.

This year we started a new Thanksgiving tradition of going around the table saying what we're thankful for. A few of things K said he was thankful for.

I'm thankful for mama and daddy
I'm thankful for our food
I'm thankful for papa and grandma's
I'm thankful for my toys
I'm thankful for hugs and kisses <--this one touched me a little more then some of the others just thinking of the kids who have never shared a hug with mom/dad

just a few of the things that K shared with us as K had so much fun with us going around the table saying what we are thankful it lasted nearly the whole meal time between bites.

Right after dinner the hubs jetted off to toysrus to grab some gifts for K. He stood in line for 4 hours before they opened but he got everything plus some and was home before midnight. As hubs went out I stayed home with K and watched Charlie and the chocolate factory and had pie :o)

Happy Thanksgiving

Our dinner set up this year

Hubby do list

Do you have a hubby do list???

I sure do and well I finally got hubs to get the drill out to put up some photo's. Yes I did state drill. Our walls are 100% brick. Have to LOVE homes built a LONG time ago.

So what do you think??? Now I just need to pick up some of the other photo's