"That's Cute"

I got a Hoth Han Solo....yeah!! I feel pretty done for Matty now for gifts. I feel this is really a special Christmas, since I'm not sure how much longer Santa will be real for him.
Sofia and I took this picture today with Photo Booth on my Mac...she was having a blast with it, we took probably 10 pictures in a row. This is the one she seemed to like best; when I showed it to her she said "that's cute", which is fun since it's one of the few things she can say!
Have a great evening all.

Star Wars and the evils of Ebay

This is day three of Matty home sick, and he's watching Star Wars for the 3rd time. In fact, he's watched the original trilogy twice, and it looks like he'll do it again today!
As Christmas is fast approaching, and considering Matty's new Star Wars addiction, I've developed a small Ebay addiction. Matty hasn't seen any of the new trilogy, and knows nothing about it; but most of the Star Wars toys now available in stores are for the newer movies. John is a purist, and I prefer the originals myself, so finding the toys to go with them is a struggle. I'm hoping to win a Hoth Han Solo, to go with the Tauntaun I've already found. I swore I wouldn't get too involved in finding toys this year (I really didn't want to relive the CARs madness of last Christmas!), but I know it will be worth it on Christmas morning!

New mug

Just one of my purchases from SF on Friday; a new Tinkerbell mug. Sofia is in love with my new mug, I had to abandon my coffee this morning, for fear she would dump it on herself.
BG ornaments done, now to finish a few gifts, and maybe play with my new grungeboard!

Almost December :)

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, and maybe got some shopping in! John and I spent all day in San Francisco roaming around Union Square, shopping, and seeing all the beautiful decorations. We actually almost got all of our shopping done, which is so satisfying, and I'm hoping to spend the rest of the month playing with the kids, scrapping, and baking!

John has safely landed, and should hopefully be home soon...with both the kids home sick, it will be a relief to have the poor man home! Unfortunately, he sounds as bad as they do; and after I mistakenly drank from Matty's straw, I'll probably be sick by the end of week.

Right now I'm making Basic Grey ornaments, I'll take pictures and upload them soon. They are so gorgeous, Figgy Pudding is fantastic. I'm going to have to find something to do with all the leftover Christmas paper from last year, because between Figgy Pudding, and Elsie's Noel, I'm going to have far more Christmas paper than one woman needs!

Thanksgiving

Another great Thanksgiving, though it wasn't the same without my stepmom, Suzi, who was home ill. Suzi, I hope your dinner reaches you in one piece!
Once again, Matty sort of touched his dinner, and shockingly he did not touch the apple pie, which he's been begging a piece from since we made it. Nana Suzi sent a wine cake, a family favorite, so that trumped any thing else at the table :)
It's a stressful moment for John every year, but with the help of Bob, the carving went smoothly.

Trimming the Tree

This year I was inspired to start decorating for the holidays early, and I'm fortunate to have a very patient husband! And Matty is very confused, and it took several days to assure him that Christmas is not suddenly happening before Thanksgiving.
Last night several friends came over, and we made huge headway getting Christmas cards done. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), I didn't send out the cards I almost finished last year, so my cards should be sent out by Thanksgiving! Yeah!!
I've also managed to get most of the gifts I've purchased wrapped, and what concerns me is that since so far I seem to be ahead of the game for the holidays, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Hopefully, it will be a smooth and happy holiday season!
My favorite part of decorating the tree is getting out the ornaments, as almost every single one has a story attached to it. Poor Sofia got the idea of how to decorate the tree, but she doesn't quite have the necessary dexterity to hang the ornaments. We have to hang everything with ribbons, since she put just about everything she can find into her mouth, so hooks are too dangerous even if they are easier to use!
Now we get ready for a week of more decorating, turkey buying and pie baking!

What a week

I've wanted to post all week, but it's just been one of those weeks! I love this picture of John and Sofia playing together, she loves sitting in this tent reading stories.
We trimmed the Christmas tree Friday night, I'll be posting some pictures this weekend.