Christmas 08

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas! We spent Christmas Eve at the Saunders with my parents and ate WAY too much food. I really didn't have to bake as much as I did!

It seems that the big hit of the season was from Santa. Bella & Lucy both love playing in that tent. They read books in there, bring toys, babies, etc in there and shut the door and pretend a monster is going to get them.

In other related news, I did get DONE with the daycare teacher presents! It was a close one since I never figured in the time hand-sewing a snap onto each one of those stupid chapstick holders. I always get myself in too deep! I made each teacher a "cozy" for travel kleenex and chapstick. I think they turned out nice and it was fun to get the sewing machine up and running again.

I finished the girls' tutus, but only got around to making one dolly diaper.

We had my work Christmas party last Saturday at the domes. What a nice atmosphere - the one dome was so pretty with poinsettias and a huge decorated tree. I should have taken some pics, but I only got this one before we left. Carlo took advantage of the free drinks all night, and paid for it later. Long story.

20 pounds!

Bella reading to Lucy. Awww....

Lucy & Bella went in for their flu shots this morning. Lucy also got her weight checked. 20 lbs 3 oz! Yea, I can turn her car seat forwards, but she is still off the bottom of the growth chart. We only saw a nurse for this visit, so the doctor will call if she senses any problems. My guess is that she is just small. Shots went OK - I don't think its ever fun.

The girls had their daycare Christmas party last Sunday. No parents allowed! Carlo & I had the afternoon to ourselves. We had lunch, shopped around, and even stopped for coffee. SO nice :) We really have the best daycare. We picked the girls up and had a visit with Santa. Neither one were too thrilled with him. That's why Carlo & I are in the pic.

My parents came down for a few days. My dad worked on the basement, my mom did some cooking & cleaning. They even shoveled all that snow for us on Tuesday. I'm getting spoiled.

Their latest trick - dual sit 'n spinners:

I have two Christmas presents left to buy, but unfortunately I have a bit more work to do on my crafty presents. Time to step it up...

Thanksgiving recap

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I got to see my entire family which was great. My mom & Dad, Meg and fam, and Craig and Clark had Thanksgiving dinner at our house. Beth & fam stopped over later. Having the basement finished (almost) was so nice since all the kids could play down there. Craig's truck broke down a block from our house, so he had to stay an extra day. He and my dad decided to work in our basement and installed the closet and bathroom doors! Yea! My dad also put trim around all the windows.

Mom, Beth, Meg & I were at Kohl's at 4 am on black Friday. That was after I made my online purchase of our new flat screen TV! I have been waiting for a new TV since I missed out on one on black Friday a year ago. The TV we have now is color impaired. It only shows red and green. Very annoying. Anyway, we got everything on our lists and other than an over-1-hr wait in the Toys R Us line, everything went smoothly. After 7 hours of shopping, we downed some margaritas and lunch shortly after 11 AM :) After napping at home, we all went out to eat to give the kids and husbands a treat for being home without us all day :)