The Goods...

I have a house full of very happy children this week -- they are enjoying their week off from school and LOVING their new things from Hanukkah and Christmas!

Favorite Gifts:

Noah - Phone and XBOX (He was over the moon excited this year as those are the ONLY two things he asked for!)

Hannah - Balance beam and mat (I think we could have only given her this one gift and she still would have been on cloud nine!)

Sarah - Karaoke Microphone -- she is quite the entertainer!

....and of course their holiday money from Grandma and Grandpa was burning a hole in their pocket so we already had to go and spend some of that --- good thing we have a mall here that is almost always empty b/c there was no way I was fighting the crowds out returning things! I have my own stack of returns to make but those will just have to wait until next week!

Merry Christmas

Cards

I have never been interested in making cards. In fact, I rely on my friend Jing-Jing to provide me with cards to use for birthday parties. But this year, I decided I should make a couple of cards to send out to my family. I didn't get around to do the whole "annual holiday card" thing but a nice homemade card and a photo of the kids...what could be better?



With the help of some Crate and Fancy Pants chipboards, each card only took a few minutes to put together. Quick, easy, and homemade!

So, do you ever make your own cards?

Quoted

After discussing if there may be boys in my six year old's new dance class, my daughter turns to me and says, "you want to put some money on that?". Not only did she use the phase properly, when asked what it means, she was able to explain it. Where did hear that....iCarly.

I had to laugh to hear my cute little girl using such a grown up sounding phrase!