Christmas Time's a Coming

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Not much going on here. Cleaning the house, that's always a blast! ;) But, I went here and found an online Christmas station that plays the oldies. You know like Elvis, Charlie Brown song, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby...the good stuff! Anderson LOVED it, we danced and sang songs and I'm so proud that we are making good memories. I hope when he hears it years from now, he will make his kids listen to it too. By the way...if you like his shirt and you are in Dothan. You can get one like it or different from Yard Youngins on Main Street. I'm glad to be sharing my love of all things Christmas with Anderson! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! I let him watch Charlie Brown Christmas and he was sooooooo still. I've heard people say that a lot of kids these days won't watch it cause they think it's boring, but I hope A is never like that. Adam and I loved that movie every Christmas and I hope Anderson does too. Some things I just don't think are optional like
1. Charlie Brown Christmas
2. Bing Crosby's song "Mele Kalikimaka
3.And his movie "White Christmas"(which is so super awesome
4."A Christmas Story" which no child should EVER miss
5."It's A Wonderful Life" Oh my goodness do you remember this song click here..I LOVE it!
6."Christmas Vacation" with Chevy Chase.

Winter is Here!

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We haven't done too much today except for go to Target to get a few things. It's cold here, but the change is welcome with open arms. It was 46 when we got out at 11a.m.! I LOVE it!Anderson and I got out in the back yard and enjoyed it. Yes Mom, he was layered!

SwingingWacking trees with a stick. Do all little boys love to do this?Playing follow the leader with Annabelle. Who, by the way, was NOT thrilled about this exercise.Loving on the puppies. Who are really not puppies, but I've always called them that. Gus is 7 and Annabelle is 8...it makes me so sad to think about them growing older. :( They are so great with Anderson!Protesting to go swimming and not understanding why you can't go swimming when it's 46 outside. The weather felt so nice and cool that Annabelle and Gus decided to get some frisky play time in too!

Thanksgiving

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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! Mom and I stayed in the kitchen cooking most of the morning. We joined our friends across the street for Thanksgiving lunch and had a blast. Too bad, I forgot my camera :(Mom and I made a turkey(have you used the bake bags? They are awesome!!) cranberry sauce(real...not the stuff in cans), chicken and dumplings, dressing and giblet gravy that was out of this world good! Do you know that in Texas they don't sell the big dumplings like we eat in Alabama? They are the small dumplings and are NOT as good! Thank goodness, Mom brought some with her the last time she and Bob drove out here. :)
While we cooked, Anderson ate his new favorite treat, a ring pop and watched my ALL TIME FAVORITE show on Turkey Day....The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! My dream for one Thanksgiving is for Adam, me and A to go to NYC and see the parade in person! Oh how I LOVE New York City!!

The puppies were very hungry with all the yummy smells wafting through the air! Mom, Adam, Anderson and I headed over to Grand Prairie with our neighbors. They have a Christmas City deal over there, that is just beautiful to drive through!And A got his picture taken with Santa Claus and he did SO GOOD! He sat there and told him what he wanted....a dog...yea like we don't already have two!

We had such a wonderful holiday! Hope you did too!

Old Friends

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We went to the Ft. Worth Zoo with a friend of mine from high school, Merissa Lulling and her husband and little boy. Her son is the same age as Anderson, his name is Lucas and he is so cute! Merissa and I took Economics together at our high school and bonded while we were in a stock market group MESE, where we had no idea what in the world was going on! She and I were laughing that I used to teach Economics too! She is one of the most unique people I have ever met and also one of the nicest too!

Here's some pictures of our day!Mom is in the kitchen making chocolate sheet cake for tomorrow's Thanksgiving feast! Hope you have a wonderful day too!See you soon!

Ya'll...it's been busy

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I have been M.I.A. for quite a while now. But, I have good reason...my friend Jessica (middle, high school friend as well as college roommate) and her little girl came out to Dallas. Plus...my momma is here and we are super busy!Yesterday, Jess and her daughter, Wesleigh,(who is 9 months old) hung out with us. We were so lazy that we didn't even get baths! Ha! However, A was so sick yesterday (he has croup) that we had to take him to the doctor. The scary thing about croup is that it always seems to strike in the middle of the night. A 's cough sounded more like a seal barking than a cough. I finally woke him up at 4:30a.m. and he and I both sat in the bathroom with a hot shower and I just let him breathe in the steam.

I had to constantly fight Anderson about touching Wesleigh. He kept petting her head like a dog. I'm taking CAREFUL notes ... if we have another baby! ;)This is Jessica's mom, Diane!

We got the cutest present in the mail for A yesterday from
his Gami and Pappy! Thank ya'll so much-- it was adorable and we have already devoured the cookies!!Today-Mom, Anderson and I went to Ikea. Oh my goodness, it was the coolest and the biggest store I have ever been to! I would have liked to have bought tons of things in that store! I was so bummed I forgot to bring my camera.

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and get to spend it with those you love!

Park

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Anderson and I went to Goodwill today. They were having 50% off sale and it makes books super cheap and we also scored the dvd Happy Feet(still in plastic) for $2!! So excited about that!The weather is really nice today. 66 is our high, so A and I headed over to the park. This boy LOVES to play!I'm super excited too, because we just booked our 2nd Disney vacation to Walt Disney World!!! If you book at certain non-peak times of the year, you get the Disney Dining Plan for free. Which means that you get your lunch and supper for free everyday you are there,anywhere on Disney property(parks, hotels, etc...) That also includes character dining with Mickey and the gang!

And the BEST thing about it is that all you have to pay is $200 down and then you can pay monthly. You have to have your trip paid off 45 days before you leave for your trip. We will headed down that way at the end of next September! You can find the Disney deal here.

Couldn't Help It...

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I just couldn't stand it ANY longer. Corporate America has won with their campaign to sell merchandise and push Christmas decorating early! We caved and decorated the house already! Our neighbors and friends already have their outside decorated, we've done that....yet. ;)

Anderson was glad to help me decorate our nutcracker tree.And was so tickled that we put up a dog tree. In fact, he thinks it's his own personal toy tree and has proceeded to take almost all the ornaments off to play with them.

Last night while we were cooking, we heard a huge CRASH and ran to see what happened. Anderson had toppled the dog tree! I was scared he was under it, but he was fine(thank goodness) but one ornament was broken. Oh well...that's life with a 2 year old!Here's the nutcracker tree! My favorite!! My momma has been collecting these for me since I was 11. I used to think it was weird, now I LOVE it!

Adam's University of Alabama tree...ROLL TIDE!I was SO devasted to find that my ceramic 1970's Christmas tree got broken when we moved! SO sad! I paid $1 for it at a garage sale, when I was in college. But, I'm trying to find a new one on ebay( I looked at the same kind I had and it was worth $75 on ebay....ugh) or at garage sales! Anybody have one, they want to part with? Pretty please~!!

This is my favorite too the Nativity Scene. My mom always hides baby Jesus(because she says he wasn't born Christmas day). She will be here for Thanksgiving on Sunday and stay until Friday...so I'm pretty sure baby Jesus will go missing during that time ;)

Are you getting ready too, or is it still too early?