Man, Christmas was busy and fun this year....I am still trying to recover.
Once Thanksgiving was over, we got the house decorated for Christmas. It usually takes me the majority of the day but once it's up, I really enjoy having it. It was also fun to start listening to Christmas music. I typically need to wait until December 1st to play Christmas music because I feel we need to give November a break.
Here are a few photos of the decor:
We had planned on doing a smaller Christmas and spend most of our money on a trip. I secretly had been planning/reserving a trip to Disney World. I got a good deal..free dining plan! This will be the first time we've stayed on the property. I was mentally preparing and thinking of ways to tell the kids...a scavenger hunt sounded like the most fun.
I was able to get most of my shopping done early and online which was so convenient and easy. I really didn't want to be shopping after Thanksgiving. Now it was just a matter of time. We made it through the school parties and finally made it to Christmas break! We had a pretty quiet break but enjoyed the lack of driving and homework.
We did have one friend birthday party and they had a lot of fun activities...
We had a few "elf events," the biggest one being they moved our piano out of the piano room and into the office! What in the world were they up to? This is what we came home to one afternoon:
On Christmas Eve we had a family dinner & white elephant gift exchange at Greg & Kattia's house. We had turkey, stuffing, salad, sweet potato casserole and desserts. It was fun except for the fact that I wasn't feeling too good. The kids had fun playing together and were excited for the next day!
I still wasn't feeling great but we had a really fun Christmas morning. We had the kids do a scavenger hunt to figure out where we were going on our special trip. It took them a little while to figure it out but finally Abby got it. It was fun.
Santa left a very special gift for the family!!
After all the excitement here, we drove up to Todd's parent's house and had a wonderful day there. All the kids had fun opening gifts, eating and playing together. It truly was a great day.
This is the one photo I managed to take that day...what is wrong with me?!
The next morning I packed up the van and headed to the beach. Last year, I put my name down on the list of those who get to go to the beach with Gma & Gpa. As it turned out, Annie was due any minute and Gma & Gpa needed to stay in Atlanta and no one else wanted to go down. I had already planned for it and was going down either way. Like I say, a bad day at the beach is better than a good day in Douglasville. I really shouldn't have been driving since I was dizzy & had a headache but we made it and the kids were really good.
We spent a fun, albeit sick, week at the beach. The kids pretty much did what they wanted to do. We watched a lot of TLC and Food Network! The pool was not heating so we did go to the indoor pool a couple of times, enjoyed eating at the Club, walked the beach, found a Great White shark tooth, rented a golf cart, got a massage, walked downtown & just enjoyed being away. I think we spent over a month's worth of my in-laws Club dues in that week..oops!
We decided to come home on New Year's Eve day so we could spend New Year's at home. After 6 hours of driving, I unloaded the car and spent the next few hours "de-Christmasing" our house. I was tired of looking at it! We did stay up til midnight, toasted with some sparking apple cider then went straight to bed. Luckily church didn't start until 12:30pm the next day so we were able to sleep in.
We all met up at Todd's parent's place again for a New Year's Day celebration. It is a southern custom to eat black-eyed peas and greens for good luck & prosperity so that's just what we did. The kids had fun playing and the adults had fun eating and chatting.
It was a wonderful Christmas and New Year and here's to a great 2012!
Once Thanksgiving was over, we got the house decorated for Christmas. It usually takes me the majority of the day but once it's up, I really enjoy having it. It was also fun to start listening to Christmas music. I typically need to wait until December 1st to play Christmas music because I feel we need to give November a break.
Here are a few photos of the decor:
We had planned on doing a smaller Christmas and spend most of our money on a trip. I secretly had been planning/reserving a trip to Disney World. I got a good deal..free dining plan! This will be the first time we've stayed on the property. I was mentally preparing and thinking of ways to tell the kids...a scavenger hunt sounded like the most fun.
I was able to get most of my shopping done early and online which was so convenient and easy. I really didn't want to be shopping after Thanksgiving. Now it was just a matter of time. We made it through the school parties and finally made it to Christmas break! We had a pretty quiet break but enjoyed the lack of driving and homework.
We did have one friend birthday party and they had a lot of fun activities...
We had a few "elf events," the biggest one being they moved our piano out of the piano room and into the office! What in the world were they up to? This is what we came home to one afternoon:
On Christmas Eve we had a family dinner & white elephant gift exchange at Greg & Kattia's house. We had turkey, stuffing, salad, sweet potato casserole and desserts. It was fun except for the fact that I wasn't feeling too good. The kids had fun playing together and were excited for the next day!
I still wasn't feeling great but we had a really fun Christmas morning. We had the kids do a scavenger hunt to figure out where we were going on our special trip. It took them a little while to figure it out but finally Abby got it. It was fun.
Santa left a very special gift for the family!!
After all the excitement here, we drove up to Todd's parent's house and had a wonderful day there. All the kids had fun opening gifts, eating and playing together. It truly was a great day.
This is the one photo I managed to take that day...what is wrong with me?!
The next morning I packed up the van and headed to the beach. Last year, I put my name down on the list of those who get to go to the beach with Gma & Gpa. As it turned out, Annie was due any minute and Gma & Gpa needed to stay in Atlanta and no one else wanted to go down. I had already planned for it and was going down either way. Like I say, a bad day at the beach is better than a good day in Douglasville. I really shouldn't have been driving since I was dizzy & had a headache but we made it and the kids were really good.
We spent a fun, albeit sick, week at the beach. The kids pretty much did what they wanted to do. We watched a lot of TLC and Food Network! The pool was not heating so we did go to the indoor pool a couple of times, enjoyed eating at the Club, walked the beach, found a Great White shark tooth, rented a golf cart, got a massage, walked downtown & just enjoyed being away. I think we spent over a month's worth of my in-laws Club dues in that week..oops!
We decided to come home on New Year's Eve day so we could spend New Year's at home. After 6 hours of driving, I unloaded the car and spent the next few hours "de-Christmasing" our house. I was tired of looking at it! We did stay up til midnight, toasted with some sparking apple cider then went straight to bed. Luckily church didn't start until 12:30pm the next day so we were able to sleep in.
We all met up at Todd's parent's place again for a New Year's Day celebration. It is a southern custom to eat black-eyed peas and greens for good luck & prosperity so that's just what we did. The kids had fun playing and the adults had fun eating and chatting.
It was a wonderful Christmas and New Year and here's to a great 2012!
1 comment:
Looks like so much fun ... minus you being sick ;( Your kids are so cute and Abby is looking more like you every day.
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