The month of December

December was crazy but I did manage to take some pictures along the way.


We went bowling one day.....



The winner..


Next a picture with Santa at the mall.



After an hour of waiting in line Dylan finally gets to read off his list..



Still reading.....



finally done...




Some homemade hot chocolate...






Now it's Christmas Eve...

This was our little countdown calender for Caitlin. She glued a cotton ball for Santa's beard everyday. Only one more day!

Time to decorate some cookies...


and make some cake pops.....




And invite the family over for some Merry and Bright....












Now get in bed and cover your head cause Santa comes tonight!

(Caitlin wanted Christmas lights in her room.)




MeRrY ChRiStMaS!!
















And

Happy New Year!

25 days till.....

It's beginning to look like Christmas!!

We have the tree up and decorated!

The kids did a great job, Caitlin picked up each ornament saying how adorable it was before putting it on the tree.



They wanted to take some pictures with Einstein, but he did not cooperate.






We went to the library and picked up some Christmas books to read each night before bed. Tonight was, "A Possible Tree" by Josephine Haskell Aldridge. I love the old vintage books.



We have a list of cookies we want to bake, and Dawson loves the Peppermint Ice Cream we make every year so I'm hoping to still fit in my clothes by the end of our little count down to Christmas!! LOL! Happy Holiday's!!!

Happy Birthday to me.....

Today was my birthday!!

My kids made me cards....

I told everyone I wanted to be 29 again for my birthday so Dawson made me this card, complete with pop-out signs.....

And Caitlin made me this card, the inside has a cake with LOTS of glitter around it.

The kids made me Chewy Chocolate Brownies and chocolate ice cream. Sorry, no picture of that. It was really good! :)

Then we went for a ride to Downtown Disney.

I fell in love with this cup.

The back says, "Mornings aren't magical."

I can't wait to have my coffee in the morning! :)

"Thanks" to my mom and In-Laws who came by with some nice gifts too!!

Fun being the Birthday Girl!

BTW.....

This is Einstein, he is our house guest for the next 2 weeks. He's been so good and the kids are having a blast with him!