This Christmas season was busy, but good. I didn’t feel overwhelmed, and I felt prepared. There were a few little things that didn’t get done, but overall… it was a good day. The girls loved it and it was so fun seeing their eyes light up with all the magic and wonder of Christmas. There’s a reason it is my favorite holiday! We had our family Christmas pictures taken by the lovely Julie with Jules Photography. This picture cracks me…
Yikes, I don’t usually get into controversial stuff. Hopefully my readership is small enough these days that I can explain my thoughts without opening myself up to a huge debate in the comments. Paul and I both grew up not celebrating or acknowledging Halloween, and that is something we carried with us into marriage and Savannah’s first few years. However, I’ve since started questioning this stance… and, well, and tomorrow night we’ll be trick or treating with the girls for…
I meant to post this *on* Valentine’s Day, but here we are a week later… Story of my life. ;-) We had a fun day. I’ve never paid much attention to Valentine’s Day before, but once you have kids it is a lot of fun. It is what you make of it. Paul woke up insanely early and bought purple flowers for me. Beautiful! He also made me breakfast in bed, and helped me get Savannah ready for school. I…
From our house to yours. :-) I am up late, stuffing little goodies into a stocking for a certain little 3 year old tomorrow. Today I told her that tomorrow was Christmas, and she was going to get to open presents tomorrow. Her eyes got very wide as she looked over the growing pile under the Christmas tree. I am so excited to see her face tomorrow. :-) And some Christmas-related reading for you today… An interesting article about some…
(December 1-3 here. To see all the photos, visit my Flickr stream here.) December 4: Joyous December 5: Today’s Temperature December 6: Shopping December 7: Bright