the children were nestled all snug in their beds...

sleepy santa, originally uploaded by SIMPLY.MADE.

while visions of sugar plumbs danced in their heads.

Life Rule #3

Life Rule #3- Stop to smell the roses

bonding time, originally uploaded by SIMPLY.MADE.

It's times like these that I know we'll miss when the kids are older... even though 'frosty the snowman' may not be our idea of a good movie- how could you not wish it to go on forever when you have such great company?

Happy wake up girl

Happy wake up girl, originally uploaded by SIMPLY.MADE.

Sophia is usually so happy when she wakes up- it's so different to walk into a room to check on a sleeping baby and to see a baby happily scooting around the crib, talking to themselves- Matthew ALWAYS cried as soon as he woke up- and now he just sits up in bed and calls for someone to come get him... You've got feet kid, you get up and come get me!! :)

baking cookies

We've been baking cookies to give to gifts to people- just a little holiday cheer spread around... although we haven't been very good at getting them out the door yet, which means we've been eating cookies around here... which is not good... but hopefully we can solve that this weekend and deliver the bulk of them.

Not eating the cookies has been particularly difficult for me this morning... Last night I was having a lot of pain in my leg (OH NO! Sound just a little bit farmiliar??) No, really it's not that bad- but I did lay in the floor last night and promise not to eat any more of the cookies in the house if the pain would stop... after an hour this morning on the sofa with my trusty ole rice sock... I'm feeling much better... and it's been heck staying away from those cookies... :P

what matthew left behiend

what matthew left behiend, originally uploaded by SIMPLY.MADE.

He's been liking PB&J latley...
Lucky me... I like it too. Makes a nice easy lunch for the two of us.

Star Wars ornaments

We have just over 20 of them.
I think it was our first Christmas together... I got reprimanded for putting them on the tree wrong... not in a fight sequence and also the wrong people next to certain people- they weren't even in the same movie!!

How was I to know?? ....
One thing I do know? I'm pretty glad that there wasn't room for this lady on our tree this year:



In all honesty and fairness, I don't think she's ever been on our tree, nor will she be, Erik just had to get her though because she was part of the series...

new shoes

Mary Jo and I found these shoes for a great deal when we were Black kFriday shopping late in the day (we did not in any way try to brave the morning crouds- it was like 5 pm by the time we left the house).

I like them a lot. They've worn in well and are now quite comfortable. The best thing? They work with black or brown stuff- so I don't have to think about it, just slip them on and head out the door.

I'm sure I'll like them even more when we've used Mary Jo's carpet cleaner on all of our carpets again and set a 'no shoes in the house' rule. Sophia is scooting around too much for us to keep walking on the carpets with shoes that have been all over creation- if you think about it, it's the same as saying "my baby can not chew on my shoes".