Dec. 7

I didn't even hear the little guy come back in the house as I slept on the couch right next to the stockings. He perched himself in LJ's stocking when he came back from the North Pole.

Dec. 6

Patrick resting on my Merry Christmas blocks.

Dec. 5

Patrick decided to hang out in my wreath. Glad he sat on the side opposite my bow...I worked hard on it.

Patrick is here

Well, Santa sent an elf our way. He was given the name of Patrick (because Spongebob was vetoed...hehe) LJ calls him Pink Patrick because of Patrick the starfish on Spongebob. Silly boy.

He arrived Sunday with breakfast and what a breakfast it was. He brought snow covered donuts, blueberry muffins, red and green elf milk and peppermints. He also left each kid a special little gift (the girls got fun socks and LJ got a magnetic face toy like I used to play with as a kid!) He even brought snow from the North Pole in a can. Amazing stuff.

Wonder where all Patrick will hang around while he's visiting us this year?







I'll be posting pics everyday of where he decided to hang out around the house. I will simply label the post with the date. This way I can have the pics together and have them printed for a keepsake for this year's fun.

Cookies!

It's that time of year for cookie making and baking fun. I bought a big tube of the sugar cookie dough the other day at Walmart and thought I'd let the kids have a little fun with it. I looked up a recipe for cookie icing too because I've been wanting to try it. (not especially happy with the result...may try another recipe) I don't have many christmas themed cookie cutters, but the kids had fun anyways.

Our elf arrives tomorrow

I cannot wait until tomorrow morning. Santa is sending us our very own elf to watch over the kids. He's bringing breakfast with him from the North Pole.
This is our first year with an elf (Elf on a Shelf).



Will post pictures tomorrow of our breakfast.

7 Years

Joe and I recently celebrated out 7th wedding anniversary. This year we decided to plan to trip somewhere for just the two of us. After some thought, we decided on Savannah, GA. Neither of us had been there so it would be new to us.

We arrived in town on Thanksgiving day and we're staying until Sunday. So far the trip has been wonderful! Today we did an on/off trolley tour. We got to see the major historic sites of Savannah and got lots of great pics. Tomorrow we're going to check out the Railroad Museum where I hope to get good pics for LJ. We'll also see the Nutcracker Ballet at the Lucas Theater. Isn't my hubby the best for taking me to a ballet on our vacation? I love this guy.