Well! December is certainly proving to be as busy as usual. I still feel like I’m recovering from last weekend. We woke up early Saturday and after breakfast started with the tree. I didn’t get too far before my cereal had worn off and I was dying of starvation.
so Kenny made me and the baby waffles. This little guy loves waffles. And strawberries. With LOTS of syrup. Then I was ready to go again…until an hour later…when the waffles had worn off and I was famished. This whole eating thing, fun as it is, is really starting to get in the way of my productivity. 
When the tree was all up and decorated Ellie said, “Oh Add, our tree is so beautiful! We just have to get our cameras and take a picture!” And that’s just what they did. :)
After the tree was trimmed we hung all the outside lights and they look amazing! I’m also happy to add that this is the first year Kenny and I managed to get through it without one fight. It’s usually not a happy time since hanging lights is one of Kenny’s least favorite things to do and my light motto is more more more! If three candy canes look good than twelve is better! Why only put up one reindeer when you can have the whole fleet and sleigh! How silly to cover only one bush and tree in lights when you can cover them all! Yes, the house is looking a little Griswaldish, but I love it. And Kenny loves that it’s done for one more year. See – it’s a win win.
Inside of house was finished up, errands were run, dentists appointments went smoothly, 200 homemade Christmas cards were finished and stamped and mailed, church was attended (aside from the half hour in-between meetings that I had to run home and eat a peanut butter sandwich), Christmas village was assembled, kids were bathed, fed, entertained, and house was cleaned. Now if we could have just had a weekend to recover from our weekend, it would have been perfect!
xoxo, Erin
I gathered everything up in a big messy pile and dove in. BIG trash sack for this project.
Now you can find coloring books and stencils in one drawer…
The second we get out the holiday decor Ellie finds her “baby’s first Christmas” hat and puts it on. Whenever we’re home in the month of December, she’s wearing it. She was so beyond excited to decorate. This girl reminds me more of myself everyday.
If you’re into scrapbooking I’m sure you’ve heard about Becky Higgins’ new “Project Life.” Last year she came out with a new way of scrapbooking with her “Project 365” where you take a picture a day for an entire year. I didn’t buy it because for me, this blog is our family scrapbook, and for my kids’ books I didn’t want to have to commit to a picture a day. Well this year she tweaked it a little. The concept is the same – you’re just putting in pictures with a little journaling – but you don’t have to commit to a picture a day. You can do a layout with pictures from the week and then the next week fill the page with pictures from a b-day party, etc. I bought two of them thinking I’ll have one for Ellie and one for Addison and this next year I’m going to try using these for their individual books. I just can’t keep up with scrapbooking for them and I don’t think things are going to get any easier with one more child in the mix! (and another baby book to get done) The thought of just having to organize pictures (which I take a million of anyway) and do a little journaling in an album that is already all put together is so appealing! Plus it just seems like an easier way to showcase the everyday stuff instead of all of the “events”. The pictures can be totally individual and random. Then I can be creative and scrapbook for our holiday books and whatever else I want when I have time and am in the mood…while hopefully staying on top of my kids’ albums. Plus everything that comes in the kit is just so cute and fun! If you’re into digital scrapbooking, Becky is making a digital project life too. I personally prefer the paper stuff…it’s all about the supplies for me. :) Anyway, if this sounds like something that may work for your family or kids’ albums you can learn more about it 
