I'm dreamin' of a....rainy Christmas?

Well the weather's been in the 50's here. Not exactly conditions for a winter wonderland. Not that I'm wishing back the Rexburg snow I have escaped, but a little dusting might be nice for that Christmas feel. : ) We'll see, maybe we'll wake up to a little snow tomorrow! Hope you're all enjoying a happy holiday!

Videos

Here are a few videos I found that I just loved and wanted to share...

Christmas Lovelies/ Things I wish I still had time to make!

Just a few Christmas ideas I hope to find time to replicate for next year's decor...

Kids say...

So today Aubrey and I stopped by Babies R' Us. At the front of the store was a big display for a "Toys for Tots" program with a life-size cutout of Shaq and two overly enthusiastic children posing on it. ( Side note: Has anyone ever googled pictures for Shaq? Probably not...but you get awesome things like this and this and this!)

While we are standing in the checkout line I feel a little tug on my jeans. Aubrey motions down for me and then in a hushed tone begins this conversation...

Aubrey: Mommy?

Me: Yes, sweetie?

Aubrey: It's a GIANT! ( pointing to the Shaq cutout with eyes the size of dinner plates).

Me: Chuckle to self and then say, Yes, that's Shaq, he is very tall.

Aubrey: Mommy, I scared of the giant.

Me: You don't need to be scared, it's not real.

Aubrey: Ok! I say hi to the giant. HI GIANT!

So apparently we're good friends with Shaq now... : )

Also she has a habit of not looking where she's going and bumped right into a display post in the store, to which she very quickly apologized and said, " 'scuse me wall. " and went on her merry distracted way. At least you can't say she isn't polite!

Things I'm currently in love with...

Priority Mail flat rate boxes...

M&M's, Christmas-themed of course...

These adorable Pottery Barn ruffle lamps for Aubrey's room...

A Christmas crafter's best friend...

A welcome sight... Now if they only had "Mother with heavy toddler who refuses to walk on her own in the parking lot" Parking! :)

Mine aren't exactly iced, but definitely just as good... especially since they're are supposed to be saved for the neighbors! : )

A nice thought...

Christmas Chaos

So the countdown to Christmas is currently causing me a little stress/a minor heart attack. I'm trying, as many of you are, to get everything done this week before family comes to town and we get into all of our holiday things.

No, the packages I so loving wrapped a week ago have still not been mailed out to family across the country, my christmas cards are non-existent, and I'm pretty sure at least one of the presents I ordered online is coming late : ) Ahhh...Christmas. Believe it or not people, I started in November this year!

I am so excited though that my sister, brother-in-law, and their sweet baby "C" are coming to visit us here in good ol' Missouri for Christmas. The only problem with that is...I actually have to clean my house, and not just the "company is coming over pick up the front room" cleaning, but the actual, "we're going to be in all parts of the house" cleaning. It's a little different : )

We have great plans though for Christmas including a traditional girls-only trip downtown to see the KC Ballet preform the Nutcracker ( yay!), getting a ridiculously delicious ( aka fattening) piece of fudge at Crown Center, and of course our special Christmas Eve dinner and extended family Christmas party. It should be a fun week. : )

Well, at least the tree is up, 99.9% of the shopping is done, and I'm home for the holidays with my family. Doesn't sound so bad afterall...