This year, New Year’s Eve was quite different for us! Princess got invited to a birthday party sleepover, so we figured why not have Dude invite some buddies over for a little party of his own. He asked 4 of his buddies, they said yes, and the party was on! We decided that instead of [...]
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Work At Homies (WAH!) Christmas Party
My good friend, MS, and I were out with the girls one night in early December. They were all talking about their company Christmas parties and where they were and what they’d done and all that jazz. We both just looked at each other with a little frown because we work at home and don’t [...]
The Hunt For The Perfect Tree
After we got back from our Turkey Week trip to MN, we took a snowy day and headed up to the forest to cut down our perfect Christmas Tree!!!
…For those of you who are appalled by us going into the forest to cut down a live tree, I offer some information. There are designated tree [...]
Shark Attack!
I posted photos of my Princess a week or so ago when she was ready for a Halloween party. I’m finally getting around to the photos of Dude and his buddies. Being 11, he decided it was time to go with his buddies rather than his parents and sister! Who was I to say no? He’s [...]
Halloween Fairy
My little Princess went off the board for Halloween this year. She originally wanted to be a witch again. But then we were shopping at her Mother Ship - aka Claire’s - and she saw some wings, a skirt, and a tiara and she just HAD to have them. Then we found a cute Halloween [...]
You Don’t Have To go To The Forest To Get A Tree
It’s more fun to go to the forest to get a Christmas tree, but when you look at your calendar on Turkey Day and see that the soonest you can make it up to the forest to get a tree is December 12th and then only if you skip a day on the slopes snowboarding [...]
Boo 2010
So Halloween was a total afterthought this year. We got Princess’ costume way back in September when we saw it at Children’s Place and she just “had to have it cuz it’s oooooh so cute!” Without really having to think about her costume, which usually requires a fair amount of “making” we kind of let [...]
The Third
With the 4th being on a Sunday, all the festivities in our little town were on the 3rd. We had a TON of fun! First, the kiddos each got to be in “The Biggest Small Town Parade In America.” Dude and I rode our bikes with his Little League group, and Hubby and Princess rode [...]
So We Went To MN
It’s been almost a month, and I’ve almost thawed out enough to write this post.
We decided to go to MN for part of winter break. The plan . . . wake up on Christmas Day, open Santa gifts, get in the car and drive 14 hours to Grandma’s house. Nothing we haven’t done before, right?
So [...]
Snow, Legos, TVs, and Kitties
Ahhhh - Merry Christmas!!! I get a few minutes to myself . . .
Santa arrived and the kiddos woke us up at 6:00 a.m. to open their Santa gift.
One 9 year old boy sitting at a kitchen table intently working on putting together his ginormous Lego Police Headquarters.
One 7 year old girl reading a book [...]