Ho Ho Ho!!

Wow! Only 12 more days until Christmas! Things have been so busy I feel like I haven't had a lot of spare time for anything other than the kids and Christmas shopping or getting ready for Christmas. The elf is still at our house and Aiden is enjoying the task of finding him each morning! He is a lot more into it than I thought he would be and often thinks the elf is playing tricks on him or winking at him! It's great!

Last weekend my parents came to visit and I took the day off on Friday to go on our annual day of shopping. We had a wonderful day! Saturday we went to see Santa. One of the organizations at my office for the second year organized pictures with Santa. It was once again wonderful! No long lines, and the kids can sit and eat a cookie or have some juice and color while waiting. We really didn't have to wait long at all to see him. Ava was a little shy at first and was hesitate to sit on Santa's lap but she went right to Mrs. Clause, then she went to Santa for a picture :-) Aiden spent some time talking to Santa and I am not sure what all they discussed but I sure hope he enjoys all his gifts come Christmas morning! I can't wait to see their reactions this year!

Saturday evening my parents took us out to dinner at the Fish Market to celebrate my birthday, it was a very nice dinner!

Sunday was LAZY day! It snowed most of the day so I didn't even change out of my pajamas! I laid around all day and took little naps here and there and just relaxed! It was great! I don't get that very often and it was much needed!

So, I have 12 days left to finish my shopping. I have few little gifts left to purchase and mostly all the wrapping still needs done. Then, I will need to run to the grocery store to get all the items for my Christmas day meal. I already have the lists made out! I also need to bake some more cookies, although I made a few dozen two weeks ago and they are gone already :-( so I am holding off until next weekend to make those so I don't end up eating them all!

This week will be another busy week! Aiden and Ava's daycare is having their Christmas program on Thursday evening. Aiden has been practicing his songs and is totally into them all! I am anxious to see what Ava does once she gets up on that stage. Chris and I are going out on Friday night with his co workers for a little holiday party and I am looking forward to that. We have both been so busy, him with work mostly and me with the kids, work and house/holiday stuff! It will be nice to take an evening to relax a little!