HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Grammie!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

no pic - sorry Grammy :(

34 Things...Update #4

Here's the original list plus updates :)

So, I'm not really prepared to do a complete update but I HAD to post this today -

#23 . . . DONE :)

Out of everything on my list, repainting the living room/kitchen was the one thing I really thought wouldn't get done but, it did!!! I rearranged the living room last week to accommodate the Christmas tree but the wall was a mess. I figured we could just touch it up but Hubby admitted he wasn't really all that crazy about the pale yellow walls we had. Soooo....we spent a couple hours online looking at colors and I bought paint while I was out on Thursday.

Then Hubby and I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday painting and Iz and I put up Christmas decorations yesterday.

Two whole rooms plus a hallway and the CEILING painted just to put up a tree...but it's worth it. It looks fantastic!

Take a look!

"Silver Birch" Living Room and Ceiling

It's a pale gray but Hubby swears it's pretty much white!

"Wood Smoke" accent wall over the wood stove

(it IS darker than the other walls but it's hard to tell in this pic)

"Luscious Mango" Kitchen :)

I wish I could convey the true Velveeta-ness of my kitchen wall in a photo but I just couldn't do it. But, that's the color - Velveeta, Kraft mac n cheese...super orangey/yellow and BRIGHT! I LOVE IT!!!

O Christmas Tree

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!!!

Counting Down

The official countdown to Christmas has begun!!!!

Chocolate anyone?

Iz seems pretty happy about it :)

C is for Cookie!

Well folks, here we are. It's December 1st. I'm not entirely sure where the time has gone. Wasn't it just Iz's 4th Birthday? Mother's Day? 4th of July? Halloween? It's amazing how some days can feel so looooooong but you blink and an entire year has gone by.

We're putting up our Christmas decorations tomorrow. Stringing up the lights (one goes out, they ALL go out!) and all that :) We'll have Christmas music playing in the background and hot cocoa ready to sip when we're done.

Iz will open her advent calendar today and start counting down with a little chocolate each night after dinner.

I still need to order Christmas cards and pick up a couple more odds and ends but, really, these next 24 days will be all about spending time together and having FUN!

One of the yummiest ways we'll be having fun is with our

*drum roll please*

12 Days of Christmas (Cookies)

Starting on December 13th, Iz and I will be making cookies or other holiday treats EVERY day through Christmas Eve! Gingerbread Rice Krispie Treats, Thumbprint Cookies, Sugar Cookies and MORE!!! What will we do with all the goodies, you ask? We'll be enjoying some ourselves, freezing some to bring to Auntie D's on Christmas Eve and, most importantly, GIVING some!!! We'll be bringing cookies to share at school, the library and the nursing home Papa stayed at last year.