The home stretch...

We're down to less than a week until Christmas (or so the boys insist on telling me each day, lol). I'm feeling *almost* ready for it. ;) Boys have seen Santa. Tree is up. All teacher gifts were delivered. All 12 boxes of packages are in the mail as of Friday (woohoo! though they're not guaranteed to get there in time, I think that's a record for me). All 100 holiday cards (with the exception of a few that will be hand delivered) are on their way...earlier than usual. All gifts have been hiding nicely for awhile now...just need to wrap the last few of them. Eight dozen cookies for neighbors are made and packaged...will deliver them this afternoon. Whew. Now I'm tired again. :)

Need to tackle a couple more house projects today and will concentrate on finishing those last few holiday things in the next day or two. In the meantime, my layouts are up over at the Good Grief Blog today...about Christmas gifts and my dad. Go see. 

And, because I just like them, here are a couple of recent pictures. This first is "Elfie"...the little elf that graces our home every December. There's a story book that goes with him and tells of how he watches over our home and reports back to Santa every night...reappearing in a different place each day. The boys delight in trying to find him each morning and know that anything they tell him goes directly to the big man. 

 
And this second picture is of the boys just after seeing Santa up in Old Town last week. They still had the fountain running for some reason and it had frozen over in most places. Cool. :) The boys wanted a picture to show Nathan when we got home. I love how happy they are: 

(Yes, they're wearing sandals and mostly refused to keep their jackets on, having refused coats altogether. Apparently, so long as we're not in single digits, they consider it warm. Lucky them, lol.)

Well, back to those projects and all now. Hope you're having a fabulous (and productive) weekend and are staying warm!

Comments

[jen]

Wow .. congrats! I still have lots to do ... I thought going homemade would be cheaper/easier - haha. :) Adorable pictures!

[Bri]

Seriously, you are amazing. I probably should start my Christmas shopping sometime soon, but hey, I've got a few more days!!! Merry Christmas!

[rachel carlson]

best wishes for the happiest of holidays amanda!