Today, I'm linking up with Faith and Kelly to show you our annual Christmas card. I love so many things about this holiday season. But Christmas cards? They top my list. Checking the mail in December is sheer joy as the snail mail creeps in and we receive Christmas wishes from our friends and family all over. I do need to tell you that this was almost the Christmas card that wasn't. I still had my old shipping address listed on the Erin Condren website and I didn't change it when I ordered our holiday cards. Which would be completely fine, except they were delivered to a completely different address than our previous residence. There may or may not have been a tear shed … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2012
a weekly rewind
First, today is my wonderful mother's birthday! I couldn't write a post for today without wishing her a very, happy birthday. I hope this is your best year yet, mom. I love you! Christmas is coming quickly, I can hardly believe we are less than a week away. I still have a pile of presents to wrap, but is it really Christmas if I'm not wrapping gifts at midnight? Not in this house. I am a fan of stores that wrap as soon as I make the purchase. Like these adorably wrapped gifts for BK's teachers. Speaking of teachers gifts, you would think choosing them would be simple for me. I finally ended up choosing a gift certificate for a mani and a cute Christmas ornament from my … [Read more...]
how my two-year-old taught me about Christmas
This past weekend we watched another Christmas parade. BK takes it all in, she stands very still (which is extremely unusual) and watches the entire parade. Waving her hand back and forth and shouting "Merry Christmas" as the parade passes. I leaned down to her during a pause in the parade, right after she had gleefully shouted, "Merry Christmas, everybody." I whispered in her ear, "Braylen, do you know when Christmas is?" Thinking I would get her standard, "On Friday," answer. In case you didn't know all good things happen on Friday, or so it seems that way in her little mind. But her answer was much deeper than the norm. She looked at me with such an excitement and said, "Right … [Read more...]