Since Elf on the Shelf ideas are floating around the internet like crazy, I thought I’d make a quick collage of photos from last year. This was really fun for my kids, but a lot of work for me! Even… Continue reading
Category Archives: Holidays
St. Patty’s Part Deux :)
Some friends of ours are our usual companions for holidays like St. Patrick’s Day and New Years Eve. This year we’ve all had things going on that have prevented getting together and celebrating, so we celebrated NYE a week late,… Continue reading
St. Patrick’s Day
For St. Patrick’s Day, the leprechauns visited us and “Shamrocked” our house, as they do every year. Then we had some friends over and made traditional food like fried chicken, nachos, and fondue (I joke…) The kids outnumbered the adults,… Continue reading
New Year’s Eve, 2011
We were invited to a small little private party at our friends’ wine bar in Temecula for New Year’s Eve :) We had a great time! Thanks to Tim and Denise ;) I desperately wanted to sleep here while we… Continue reading
Christmas!
A friend sent me this quote yesterday morning: “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” What a wonderful way to describe our morning. My kids… Continue reading
Christmas Eve at our house :)
We made homemade pasta, sauce, and meatballs. I’m still too full thinking about it! I’m up early this morning waiting for my kids to wake up… I knew they’d wake up early, and somehow the anticipation woke ME up the… Continue reading
Elf on the Shelf, Day 24
(All of my Elf on the Shelf posts are located here) Yahoo! The last day :) Our elf, Milo, was (still is as I type this…) reading a miniature copy of “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” to the girls’ Squinkies… Continue reading
Best laid plans…
So I picked up a pre-fab Gingerbread House a few days ago when I saw that they were on sale for $5. I figured $5 was worth the time it would save me from trying to make it from scratch.… Continue reading
Elf on the Shelf, Day 20
(All of my Elf on the Shelf pictures for 2011 are located here) Having a Hot Wheels/Matchbox parade…