Hopeful

All of us are so hopeful and expectant this time of year. Blessings on everyone. Merry Christmas!

Shabby Chic

I will never look at a garage sale the same again. I still hear faintly echoing in my ears the words of my husband, "Let's go kick some butt, we're not paying full price for anything, take no prisoners, expect something free...and if he were to say it post Chi-town, Jumanji!" This was his way of giving a half-time, spirit-rousing speech to be on the look-out for those yard-sale-trying-to-make-more-money-than-they-spent people a run for their money (literally and figuratively). If one were prone to the genre "shabby chic" this garage sale was the pot at the end of the rainbow. This lady had a cardboard box full of shabby chic decor. I have yet to grace our abode with these scores. Currently they lay in a sad state clustered on my table but soon, after the holidays, they will find their new home laden with maybe a picture of our family or bearing Spanish moss. I can hardly wait.

A Winter Hat

We have a lot of fun playing around our cul-de-sac. We have races, ride bike or scooter or just run around.

c Tractor

Though Carter enjoyed watching 3 lazer levelers at work, when offered to ride on one he quietly deferred to mommy's leg.

Cards

It feels good to be done with another year of card-making busyness. Using my thrifty-ness to my advantage and not worrying about the continuity of the product I was able to score some deals on paper, thus having 5 different looking cards this year.

Sesame Tree

This is our tree this year. Since we're heading out of town we decided to not purchase a tree this year. Our neighbor's daughter gave this tree to us, she thought we would like it. How sweet was that? I think the kids' favorite part was plucking the toothbrushes off and utilizing them instantly.

Frosty Leaf

Frosty Morning

It was a cold one this morning. The kids really were hoping for snow. This is the closest we got to it...alot of frost.

football

It's not a clear picture but very cute.

c ensconsed with Oma

This was on Thanksgiving Day. Oma was doing some crafts with the kids.