It’s December!!! I have a to-do list a mile long right now (as I’m sure everyone does this month) but blogging just sounded more fun than most of my to-do list. Besides, EVERYTHING is a good thing this month. :)
I’m so happy my girls are feeling better! The week before Thanksgiving they both got the stomach flu. Addison had it the worst and was sleeping so much I was a little worried. You know something is wrong when your two year old just wants to lay around. Luckily they recovered just in time for turkey. Addison is up to her usual tricks and all is well again.
I came upstairs the other night to find Addie sitting in the dress-up drawer in her Minnie Mouse ensemble. The bedroom floor was covered in dresses as it usually is. She loves to change from one dress into another. Such a girl!
{Ellie – 11 months}
{Ellie – 2 & Addison – 7 months}
I called Ellie to come downstairs because it was time to leave for gymnastics Tuesday morning and this is what appeared in the kitchen ready to go. :) She wears the hat all the time! She even slept in it the other night.
Listening to Christmas music (especially the Chipmunks…I love the Chipmunks). I took the picture above yesterday. Addie was down for a nap so Ellie and I turned on the Christmas music and I cleaned and decorated while she colored Christmas pictures. Such a fun afternoon.
New Christmas tree this year! It doesn’t look too much different than our old tree but there is a big difference in the amount of time we spent putting it up! Our old tree (which used to be my parents’ tree) was such a pain! We had to put it together branch by branch and the thing was HUGE. The girls would get all excited to decorate the tree and then six hours later we’d finally have it assembled with lights. By then we were all so sick of it we weren’t in the mood to decorate. Well not this year! First thing on my December to-do list was to buy a new tree and we found this one at Costco that I loved. Just the right size, branches are attached, lights already strung. So much easier to put together! Next year…time to buy new decorations? The snowman decorations I’m using are also old ones of my moms, but I don’t know if I can part with them. They remind me of too many Christmases growing up. Good memories. :)
My girls came down the stairs like this a few days ago. They told me they were off on a picnic with Rudolph and had to get away from all the bears and hot lava that was coming (once again). These nightgowns (courtesy of grandma) are their new outfit of choice when we’re hanging at home.
LOVE Weiman
Stainless Steel Wipes! Makes cleaning Stainless Steel appliances such a breeze. Great for all those little fingerprints. :)
Got my first Christmas present of the season! My cute friend Ann brought over a bucket of treats with the movie Elf. Her husband dressed up like Elf for Halloween and I felt so out of the loop because I hadn’t seen the movie yet. She made sure to fix that. :) We watched the movie and loved the treats. Thanks Ann! Such a great gift – made for a fun December night with my husband.
(Ann and her husband and little boy for Halloween. How cute are they!?)
I love Ellie’s pre-school! Before I sent Ellie to pre-school a couple of years ago I spent forever researching schools to find the best fit for her. I absolutely love the one I chose. It is such a fun, cozy environment with great teachers and amazing learning opportunities. I feel so good sending her there and can’t wait for Addison to start next year. I took this picture in front of a house Ellie’s pre-K group built when they were doing a unit on architecture. They are always working on something fun and have been doing a lot of neat holiday projects. Good times. Love Ellie’s pre-school. Love my girls. Love this time of year. Lots of good things!
I secretly just want to be a fly on your wall to hear all of your giddiness about Christmas. In fact, I might even send you a Christmas card since I assume you love them as much as I do.
Glad you mentioned the Gilmore girls. This girl said I acted like Laura Lei and because I didn’t know the show I would ask around to see who I was being compared and they would say, “She’s a free spirit who sleeps around.” That caught my attention enough to watch it! I’m on season 5 now and loving it. Mat likes it too! Rory’s hooking up with Logan and Laura Lei’s finally with Luke. And, she doesn’t sleep around.
Anyway, carry on!
Great post Erin. Elf is great isn’t it???
I love these “Great Things” posts from you….I’m like you . I million things to do and instead I’m sitting here reading blogs!!
What a FUN post! I haven’t blogged forever because I have a million things to do, but when I saw that you had posted, OF COURSE I had to take the time to check out what you were up to!!! Miss you!
So many fun things to comment on! I was really laughing at your conversation with Kenny. I can just picture both of you! So funny!
The pictures of Ellie as a baby made me sad-and she’s not even my baby! It seems like just yesterday I was your VT and you were preg!
So happy you watched Elf!!!! I’m warning you, the more you watch it, the more addictive it becomes!
Great post!
LOVE the pictures of the Baby’s first Christmas hat…I remember it so clearly when she was a baby. I love Addie in her drawer. Carly used to climb in my dryer! I can’t wait to see your house decked out in Christmas lights…and I am so happy you got a new tree! You were soooo over due.
Keep all the snowman decorations. They will be fun memories for your girls…They may use them someday.
Can’t wait to see your sweet family. I am counting the Days!
LOVE Ellie’s excitement and Santa hat! So cute!
AHH Erin… so good to have an Erin fix!
Thanks for always brightening my days. I love to read your blog. Can’t wait for your Christmas card this year.
SO, my goal is to check face book more often.. we’ll see how that goes!