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My kids have come to grips with our newest Christmas tradition. It started about three years ago. Alas, it is still going strong.

Two years ago I forgot to wrap, let alone give out, 5 Christmas presents. I vowed that it would never happen again.

Last year I forgot to give out 11 presents. Brinkley found one behind the drapes in my bedroom in July. Pudgie had a blast opening it.

I found the 10 presents this year, from last year. At least it was before Christmas, that they were found. They were good. They had been hiding ever so quietly, in my entertainment center and leather storage benches, in my bedroom. Again, this was never going to happen to me, ever..........

I was gonna be good this year and triple check for lagging packages. I was gonna make sure that I would get them all out for everyone. I was doing it all alone so, really? Who was I kidding?

I am up to 17 presents that I have found since Christmas. (I mean seriously??...Four flippen days and I couldn't find them on the right night???) Maybe I really should be on the Bad list.....................
Sheesh!


**Now it is getting irritating. I am up to 21 forgotten presents. My sister thought it was funny until she found 7 of her own at her house. At least I know it runs in the family!!!

The Good List

Looks like all three of my sweet munchies landed on the good list this year.

I prefer to think of it as......

Crazy Santa!

This was only round two.

Then my mom showed up and this happened..........

We like to call it

Round Three.....The final Battle

And We LOVE IT!!!!

Merry Christmas to all!

Choo-chie Park

'Tis the season for family, fun, lights, love, laughter.... and children that run around like they are main-lining speed and liquid sugar all at the same time, and I love it.

Tonight we went to the railroad park in Scottsdale to see Pudgie's favorite Choo-Chie all decked out in lights and the man himself, SANTA.

Grammie and Grampie Jensen joined us for the fun and we had a blast. There were characters galore out for the kids to see. At one point, both Jax and Brinkley both said it was like Disneyland. The Shrek kinda freaked me out. I am hoping that Disney did not approve of this costume designers take on what he should look like. I am almost embarassed to say that my little Pudgie had no idea who Cookie monster was. He just kept saying, "Mommy, blue monster now!" Alas, we are not a PBS family. So much for, "C is for COOKIE."

This weekend is going to be a busy one for this family! On to tomorrow night!!!

It's beginning......

to look a lot like Christmas! Our entire street got in on the action the past two days and I can't wait for everyone to have their decorations up in the rest of our neighborhood so we can walk with our hot chocolate while pulling the wagon!!!! This will be the first year Daddy will get to do this with us!!!

If only it were cold...... We are still in tank tops and shorts around here most days...........................

As the great Rafiki says....

It Is Time!!!

Christmas Redo's

We had a neighborhood garage sale this weekend. Let me rephrase that, because there is no,"I" in we. I didn't participate. I was beat and lazy. Yep, lazy.. but I did shop. I helped get stuff ready too. Well, not that much, but I helped my neighbor get her stuff out and then I bought some delicious little candle holders from her for a buck.

Well, delicious might be far fetched. They were gold. Old, dirty gold in color. They had wires with crystals hanging off them... Not me at all. But I had an idea with a little vision of what these babies could be. It also helped I had purple and white and gold crystals in scrumptious little shapes. Now I can put one more little check on my Christmas gift-to-get list. Yahoo... $1.80 total, for both, and a little patience. I love them.. and am still convincing myself not to keep them! Is it me or are they not just simply perfect for a woman, with a hot bath, scrumptious bubbles everywhere and a good book waiting for her? I can already see it in my mind!!! I hope she loves them!!!

Whoever she might be!!!