T'is The Season....

Christian's tree has all the fun ornaments.

 Love this time of season!  I can't get enough
Christmas music and sparkles (as Chloe Beth calls all the lights that have been strung up everywhere).  Shopping is complete ( with an exception of small gift or two) which is unusual because we are always up to the last minute buying and wrapping. 
Chloe and I baked until 12:30 last night , Chloe decorated ginger bread men while I decorated my melted snowman cookies-not sure either would stand up to the pinterest recipes that was our inspiration. 
The first thing I have to do upon waking is turn all the tree lights back on, check on elf ( who has been a tradition for about four years now) and turn my Christmas music back on. So nice to have a few weeks
off from school.  I had a great time with my teammates
on our Tacky Christmas Friday.  I also had a wonderful
time at my Friend Susan's house for her second annual Christmas
Party--she is such a great host!
I posted pictures that remind me of the season.

My teammates and I dressed in our tacky Christmas Friday ensemble
If you look close you can see Mr. Cook's lights underneath his Grinch
t-shirt.  If you look even closer you will notice Mrs. Vergne and I have matching red fur socks!

Michael and Christian spent several hours hanging lights on the house.
Christian was so proud of all their handy work.

I have went back to decorating more kid friendly!  I have to say
the optic gingerbread train is a new favorite of mine.

After Chloe visited with Santa she became a groupie!
She did not want to leave and hung out at the gate.
She would wave and wave at him--so much fun!

I decided to place all the globes Michael has been collecting each Christmas on the mantle this year.
It was a nice treat to see them all together.  Some were too big to fit but I did manage to get a few of
our favorites to fit.  I also enjoy our Santa picture we hang every year.

Had a wonderful time at Susan's Christmas party. "Susan,  I am still mad
that I did not win the cute purple scarf"!  I will forgive Susam based on the fact
that she made an amazing browning trifle!

Susam is so great at putting pieces together when decorating. I love her
wreath and am so going to copy her idea!!

Susan's  Brownie dessert.

Michael trying to fit all the shopping packages inside
after a long day of shopping!  I love that he is so great about shopping-
he truly is a GREAT MAN!

Here is ELF!  He loves the ice-skating winter wonderland in our kitchen.
He doesn't move around as much as he use to when he was younger but
when he does he can be real mischievious.  Chloe doesn't pay him much mind

but Christian still finds his antics funny!