Christmas!!! The most wonder time of the year! It puts a big smile on my freckled face, partly because everyone is in a better mood than usual, but largely because I just like to smile, smiling is my favorite!
I am having foot surgery next week, so this was the only full weekend that we could jazz up the house for Christmas because Nate is working next weekend. I thought our plan would be something like making snow angels for a two hours, then ice skating,
then eating a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookiedough as fast as we can,
and then snuggling, but shopping needed to be done. He put a smile on his sweet little face and carted us around to Target (twice!), Homegoods, Christmas Tree Shop, K-Mart, and BJs. We live in an amazing location right on the tax-free, Salem, NH border, and all of the shops are within a mile of each other.
After a few magical hours browsing stores to decorate both the inside and outside of the casa, we headed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the
sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then
across the street to the tree farm with my mom to cut down a Christmas Tree. We got a 10+ footer that fits just right in our living room!
Today we tackled the lights outside! I can finally appreciate how annoyed my Dad got putting up lights on bushes/trees... not easy. We ended up with some LED-blueish lights and some other white lights, but I like how they are meshing together. My mom is the Christmas-Critic and we passed her light test when she stopped over tonight.
Not to forget about Miss Dot! She absolutely loved the collar I slipped in to the Target carriage when Nate wasn't looking!
Psyche. Can you say angry elf?!
Oh well, can't please 'em all! Right now we are all sitting together, enjoying our tree and some Sunday Night Football. Hope you all enjoy the pre-holiday festivities!
Also, watch ELF. Its the best.
