We went to see Santa at Bass Pro Shops and Reid asked for the same thing as last weekend. I thought for sure it would change, but nope, he still wants books. Santa asked what kind of books and he said any kind. This kid LOVES books! Ahhhh, our little word nerd in the making. My heart melts :-). He was a great Santa for any of you local gals with kids. He was the real deal - sweet, gentle and asked all the right questions. Did I mention the picture is free and there are crafts?
I love how Santa and Piper are admiring one another. She wanted to pull his beard and he just wanted her not to pee on him :-).
We have been decorating like crazy to include buying a real tree which we love, but now that Piper is mobile I have definitely second guessed that decision! She hasn't ventured over to the tree yet, but is fully capable do doing so. She is an army crawling maniac with the occasional tush in the air actual crawl, but she just shimmies across the floor and pics up debris along the way. She has also expanded her vocabulary with quite a few new sounds this week to include her da's, ga's and ba's. The occasional mama slips out, but so far it is all about the dada. Grrrrr.
Our entry - tomato cage trees and my "wreath" made out of a frame and felt balls from Korea
If you don't have an Elf on a Shelf, get one for your kids! Better leverage from Santa and fewer questions about the omniscience of one fat man. The elf watches him ALL day and flies back to the North Pole each night to report on Reid's behavior. We love Cheeky!
Our Advent Calendar that Cheeky brought. Each little package contains a piece of Halloween candy - it was just sitting around getting hard. it bugs me that we gave Cheeky credit, since my time went into it, but oh well. Whatever keeps the boy happy.
Cheeky brought a special gift the first morning for Reid
Mantle - it is better in person and we haven't settled on forever stockings yet
The tree, which thanks to Jan and Floyd has gifts under it already that Reid sorts and stacks by name on a daily basis
I have a slight obsession with Christmas lights and have them ALL over the house. I have been able to utilize some of my expanding jar collection to display some of the oodles of lights and I am quite please with the look. I knew I was collecting them for a reason ;-).
My jars - there are a few scattered throughout the house
I have also been crafting like a FOOL! Pinterest is still in the top sites I visit on a daily basis, and next to craigslist is probably more visited than my beloved bookface (I am a seriously social person - do you know this already?).
I bought these candle holders when LaDawn and I first started our garage sale habit and I finally put them to use. I spray painted the back sides of some glass plates so I can still place food on them without paper underneath
Another of the candle holders - this one is our christmas centerpiece
Is it cheating if I copy and past segments of blog posts as my holiday letter? Seems like a good enough use for the words I vomit on here on a regular basis right?
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