Getting ready for the New Year

OK.. I never did get to the Christmas Skirt. I did however manage to decorate the house and I did not go through the craziness of wrapping a crazy amount of gifts at the last minute. As soon as my husband and I bought presents I wrapped it. It was great since I didn't have to worry about it last minute.

Christmas was great. I baked a ton of cookies, cupcakes, cranberry-orange nut bread, and brownies. I love baking sweets. On Christmas Eve we go to my parents, then we come home and we leave cookies and milk out for Santa. Christmas morning was awesome. My son came to our room in the morning letting us snow that Santa brought his Geotraks Airport. He was sooooo excited and a bit confused as to how did Santa get in to leave his present. My daughter just had a face of "what's this?". (Part of my tradition is to leave their Santa present on their bed.) Afterwards, my husband set up our new HD TV. I told him he would not be able to install the whole set up until after we got back from his parents. My husband can get obsessive about stuff. Then we all got ready and headed over to my husband's parents home. We had lots of fun and the kids opened more presents. It's unbelievable on how they all fit in our car but they did.

Now, we are on vacation. I love having this break so we can be back in full force next year.

Well, I'm off for now.

Have a great NEW YEAR!!!!

It's almost Christmas

I love this time of the year even though it's crazy! I've done most of decorating although I didn't get a chance to do my tree skirt project I was hoping. I'm having fun wrapping my gifts. I'm all caught up. Hopefully I won't be runnng around at the end trying to wrap them. My mom is an expert at these things.

We spent Saturday getting our Family/Christmas portraits done. It's nearly impossible to get my 3 year old and my 8 month old to smile and look at the camera at the same time. Ah...my little babies are growing up so fast. But we finally have our pictures.

On Sunday, we went over to my sister's place for a gathering. We had so much fun taking pictures of the little girls (my brother's family was there). We watched the recorded match between De La Hoya and Paquiao. Wow what a surprise for me. Anyway, it was fun to see all of us getting along and having fun. My aunt and cousin even dropped by.

Now, it's Monday and once again I'm trying to catch up on work and trying to get it done before vacation. Yes, VACATION! Can't wait to spend the time just watching the kids play with their toys.

Well got to run....Need to get my son from school. Wow time flew.

Wrapping Paper

Well, I'm now starting to wrap my presents. I really don't like wrapping presents of items where there isn't a clear edge. Some toys have that and I have to create an edge. I just want to put it into gift bag but I know the kids like to peel the paper off. So I go through the agony.

I'm still trying to find the right plushy doll for my daughter. She really likes the one in her crib. I can't seem to find the one for her. I found some dresses for her but again I'm always rethinking what I want her to wear. I thought I was bad with my son but a girl is worst.

Oh well, need to get dinner ready. The hubby has been fasting for a blood test and I need to have dinner ready. I know he's not going to bother changing to his pjs.