Merry Christmas!

And it's over in a blink of an eye...

Hope your Christmas was as beautiful and special as ours was this year. The kids had us up at 7:30 a.m. which doesn't sound bad until I tell you we were out until 2:00 a.m.! We went to midnight mass and by the time we got home and read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and got the kiddos to bed it was quite early this morning. Santa still made it to the house and the kids weren't disappointed. He left Josh's Star Wars game and a Webkinz and Kayla got her Webkinz and a High School Musical game for her gameboy.

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Took the kids to see Santa last weekend at Niagara Hobby. We really enjoy going there...Santa's reindeer are there and Josh loves watching all the trains that they have set up. It was really chilly outside in the caboose this year, but what should we expect in December?

So...what did they ask Santa for? Kayla wants a Webkinz and some surprises. Josh wants the Star Wars Legos Game for his Gameboy...and he told Santa "no surprises" ~ just the game :) LOL! Santa reminded them that he only visits good little girls and boys and that they had to clean their room on Christmas Eve :) What a nice Santa!

Diva Pick of the Day!

Woot! My LO was chosen at Divine Digital for their Pick of the Day for December 4th! I used Michelle Swadling's Harvest and Harvest Mini Kits.

Which Reindeer are You?

Which of Santa's Reindeer are you?


Thought this was kind of fun...



Comet


Like Comet you are always happy. Nothing seems to get you down and you can always put a smile on people's faces


Find out which of Santa's Reindeer you are at Quizopolis.com

Josh's Lost Tooth!

It finally happened! My baby lost his first tooth on Thanksgiving morning. This has been a much anticipated event for Joshua :) He has been hoping for that wiggly tooth to come out for a couple weeks now...I mean this sucker was really hanging by a thread! Well he finally lost it while having his bowl of Cheerios for breakfast.

Unfortunately, he ate it! My baby's first lost tooth and he eats it!!! (Mom's not bummed at all can you tell?) Well, he was pretty sure now that the Tooth Fairy wouldn't come to our house because there wasn't any tooth...but, I assured him that the TF is magic and she already knows that he lost the tooth and if he just left a note to explain she would still leave him some $$.

Of course the TF came through and he found a whole $1 bill under his pillow the next morning. He was very excited!



Note says: "Dear Tooth Farie, I ate my tooth. Your friend, Joshua"

Turkey Day is Here!...and some new LO's

Geesh, can you believe it's already Thanksgiving? And I personally want to go door to door and slap my neighbors around...I CAN'T believe all the Christmas lights up already! I'm all for taking advantage of the decent weather and putting them up early...but for God's sake DON'T turn them on!!! Oh, well...I'll be decorating and feeling a bit more festive on Friday so forgive the rant.

Body for LIFE is going well and even though I'm not supposed to weigh myself I couldn't help it :) So far I've lost 7lbs. since we started and I know I've lost inches because my skinny jeans are getting baggy. Now if I can only figure out how to bottle this feeling...I love being able to go in a regular store and buying the cute clothes off the sale rack...not the plus store with the dowdy clothes that make me look twice my age. Another week and a half and we'll take measurements again to see how much progress we've made.

Here are some recent pages I've done...enjoy!

Click image for credits :) TFL

55 lbs. and counting...

I have been meaning to do a "Before & After" page of myself and I finally did it! Wow, it's funny how few photos there are of me "before"...I wonder why??? Still, it's seeing the comparison that will continue to motivate me. The sizes are going down, the scale is going down, shopping for clothes is fun again...what more can I ask?

The quote by Christopher Reeves that I used says it all:
"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."



Credits: Pretty Paper Bag Kit, Fresh and Fun & Add-On, How My Garden Grows by Michelle Swadling