Friday, December 30, 2011

Christmas Movies

Well I did a little better at taking pictures at Christmas than I did at Thanksgiving, but not by much. I guess I just got too caught up in all of the fun we were having to be bothered to find the camera. I did manage to take a few movies though that are kind of funny if you happen to be interested in Molly.
Granny and Maggie on Christmas Eve
Gran and Maggie, also Christmas Eve
Little Christmas Cheese Log
The Lucia Bread...tasty!
The beginnings of the mess.
So we had a little bit of a rough start Christmas morning. For the record I didn't go in and wake her up, she was talking in the monitor before I went in there. It took her a little bit to figure out what day it was. I think having her daily question of "Santa's here?" turned down so consistently had finally broken her down.
The Stocking!!! Lots of fun!
Another year in the books! Who knows what fun is to come...

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Festivities

So, what have we been up to?  It's been two weeks since my last post and the only reason I can think of for not getting it done is that my biggest blog fan is here visiting us, so what reason do I have to post?  Things are starting to look festive around here.  This has little to do with me, and almost everything to do with my mom who has been scurrying about the compound decking the halls, doors, fences...I'm pretty sure the HOA is going to come down hard on me for not decorating my exterior at all (my house is the dark spot on the map) but you can be sure I'm going to come down hard on them if their shit isn't down by the 2nd of January.  Actually I love looking out at all the little white lights my mom has everywhere (colored lights are apparently against our CCRs) and Molly and Maggie are definitely on board as well.   Big thanks to Gran for making spirits bright around here.

Baking with a two year old is super fun.  If you haven't tried it before, you can come and borrow mine.  You should know that she's a fantastic listener and never eats all the dough.  Wait...
Here she is all decked out with her fancy apron and her baking boots.
A week or so ago, Jonny took Molly to the light parade they have downtown.  She loved it.  So much so that she passed out on Jonny's shoulder on the walk home.  We were actually able to put her PJs on her and tuck her in without her waking up.
Here's our picture from our Christmas card.  If you're not in AZ, sorry for ruining the surprise.  Also, if you're not in AZ, sorry, you might not get the card until after Christmas since I was late getting them. 
Surprise!
A couple days last week it almost felt like winter. It rained and then the next day it was foggy.  Looked kind of pretty.
Molly's ready for dutch Christmas.  She got up on the counter, took the bag of "cuties" and stuffed her shoes.  Just a side note to anyone who is judging me for letting my kid wear Crocs, this is why I love them.  ME:  "Molly put on your shoes"  MOLLY:  "Okay".  End of interaction. 
We're all very excited to have Chris and Stephanie here for a whole week!  Molly and Maggie both love having them around and the rest of us think they're alright too!  Can't wait to share an awesome Christmas with them.



I'm the worst elf on the shelf mom.  I have hardly moved him at all this past elf season.  I think this is his 5th and probably last place.  I'm going to have to up my game next year.  I'm pretty sure she's going to hold me accountable then. 

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Plastic Tree

O plastic tree, o plastic tree. I really f@#$ing hate you! Next year my desire to not vacuum everyday might be outweighed by my hatred of this tree. Actually now that it's up, it doesn't seem so bad, but when it was being put up and I was reminded of all it's shortcomings...a portion of lights with a short or something, various holes that I could excuse in nature, but seem unnecessary in a man made tree, a top that doesn't work with our star, and instead of smelling like pine, it smells like dust. I admit, I was filled with a frustration that can only be brought on by a major holiday.
I started decorating the tree Sunday evening after everyone was asleep, but I thought it would be fun to let Molly help me a little, so I saved some special ornaments for her to help me with in the morning.  I'm not going to say that I regret this, but I will say it made things more difficult. For every ornament that went up, 3 came down. No one can accuse me of taking the "Christ out of Christmas" for as many times as I said "Jesus Christ Molly".  Whoops.  Can't wait to hear that one fired back at me.  Why is it that all of the things you say that they repeat back to you have to sound so hilariously adorable for better or worse?
One for the tree
Three for me
It only took 24 hours to complete the masterpiece, ha!
Can you spot the dead lights?  Should have taken this picture 1 minute later.
Other festivities include:
Maggie's outfit
and Santa!


It's also been kind of cold (those of you from places colder than Yuma-everyone-can laugh) so it's starting to feel Christmasy!