Sunday, December 12, 2010
Gearing up for the Holidays
Well here we are and just about 2wks. till Christmas time! Finally ready and caught up for all the action! We have had a busy couple of weeks. I helped host a Ladies Holiday party with my friend Kim and we had a blast exchanging cookies, elephant gifts and playing Bunco with some good friends a neighbors.
This weekend was Aaron's 35th birthday. Kay and Mike came up to visit Saturday afternoon and we had the Wilke family join us for a fun evening of good food, Bunco, Just Dance Wii! We even were able to get Kay to give it a whirl! I did something a little different this year for birthday gifts for Aaron from the kids. I took both of them to the dollar store and let them pick out a couple of things all on their own that they thought Dad would like. Grace got him some football cards and a glow in the dark cover for his blackberry phone. Owen decided on a ice scraper with mitten for Dad to keep in his car! They each picked out their own card and a balloon. Aaron got a kick out of it and you can't beat the dollar store for affordability!
This afternoon we went to see Santa in the blizzard weather. We opted to go to Walgreens which was advertising visits with Santa along with affordable picture packages and a free 5x7! The Santa was a little lame but it ended up being the first year Owen didn't cling to our leg in tears so I was happy! He didn't know what to tell Santa so Grace suggested extra tracks for his train set. Grace asked for an Easy Bake oven. Of course neither gifts are what "Santa" had planned to bring! We ended the day with Barbie dress and TeePee making for Grace's school project. They are studying the Cheyenne Indian tribe and she had to make a project to tell a little bit about the Tribe. We ended up making a native american dress for her doll complete with two babies, one in a backpack carrier. Also a TeePee for the Indian doll which was the hardest part of the project, yikes! But, it turned out really well and we were both quite pleased!!
So, onto another week of 2 birthday parties for Jesus at Awana for both Owen and Grace as well as the salon open house and my Simple Diva open house, whew. I will be looking forward to the the last open weekend before the holiday craziness! Merry Christmas everyone!
This weekend was Aaron's 35th birthday. Kay and Mike came up to visit Saturday afternoon and we had the Wilke family join us for a fun evening of good food, Bunco, Just Dance Wii! We even were able to get Kay to give it a whirl! I did something a little different this year for birthday gifts for Aaron from the kids. I took both of them to the dollar store and let them pick out a couple of things all on their own that they thought Dad would like. Grace got him some football cards and a glow in the dark cover for his blackberry phone. Owen decided on a ice scraper with mitten for Dad to keep in his car! They each picked out their own card and a balloon. Aaron got a kick out of it and you can't beat the dollar store for affordability!
This afternoon we went to see Santa in the blizzard weather. We opted to go to Walgreens which was advertising visits with Santa along with affordable picture packages and a free 5x7! The Santa was a little lame but it ended up being the first year Owen didn't cling to our leg in tears so I was happy! He didn't know what to tell Santa so Grace suggested extra tracks for his train set. Grace asked for an Easy Bake oven. Of course neither gifts are what "Santa" had planned to bring! We ended the day with Barbie dress and TeePee making for Grace's school project. They are studying the Cheyenne Indian tribe and she had to make a project to tell a little bit about the Tribe. We ended up making a native american dress for her doll complete with two babies, one in a backpack carrier. Also a TeePee for the Indian doll which was the hardest part of the project, yikes! But, it turned out really well and we were both quite pleased!!
So, onto another week of 2 birthday parties for Jesus at Awana for both Owen and Grace as well as the salon open house and my Simple Diva open house, whew. I will be looking forward to the the last open weekend before the holiday craziness! Merry Christmas everyone!
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