All I want for Christmas... is mommy home

Paige knows how to use her "skills" well. We told her it would be a smaller Chrsitmas since they already got the Wii ( yes, I sucombed to video games, but only action ones or ones that bring the family together)... Back to her "skills"..... she gave me a list of at least 20 things she wants for Christmas and gave them a color that matched a key to indicated how much she wanted them and in what order. The only thing on the "must have- please please" was she wanted her mommy to be home for Christmas instead of working.

Well, I did get it off and we spent a fairly quiet but good ay. I loved how Craig really took some steps and was a big participant, he even did the day-after-thanksgiving sale run!!! He would walk to the thrift store and pick out the "finds" carefully. Thanks Craig!

Well, mom happens to work with the aunt of "Jackson" the son on Disney channels's "Hannah Montanta", and she was able to get personalized hand autographed pictures of Jason, the actor playing Jackson. Big hit for both Madison and Paige (each got their own).

Paige and Madison also had fun making adorable gifts, Paige made the snowman out of a sock, and Madison made a vase out of a cider bottle and they were beautiful! Avery's Christmas was beond her belief. She woke up at 6 am and came in and said, "Santa didn't come!?!?!" I said, I know, he will - go back to sleep. It was my way of telling her I wanted more sleep. Then a little later she came in and said "SANTA DIDN'T COME!" By that time I was more alert and realized she was under the impression that Santa was "coming over" and not just stopping by with his presents. It made for a good joke.

Madison and Paige are so creative she made Avery an "airplane" out of a cardboard box. We all got scarves.

One of our traditions is that we ask Santa to hide the stockings and that that is the only thing they can open until mom and dad wake up. Not only that but we can't open presents until everyone has found their stocking. We didn't quite stick to the rules though this year, the older girls practically pointed it out to get the morning rolling. Ha Ha.

Avery seems so adorable lately. She keeps saying with a very angry voice " I can do all by mine self!" Or "is this llours?" (she doesn't say the y's well - she sounds chineese.) She was very excited to get the "go fishing " game. All of these are either preceeded or ending with "'Cause I'm twree (three) now". Yes, she is three now, and more than ever loves her blanket and her "kid shows". My favorite is when she tries to stay up later by using her finger and thumb to indicate a small amount and says "I want to watch a kid show just a little bit" or "I want to eat some popcorn jusst a little bit" or "I want hugs and kisses just a little bit". Well, Little-Bit, you just got your nickname. Hey, if her "little bit" works for her, we might want to laugh about it later instead of growling when it is 10:30 pm and my 3 yr old is more awake than I am.

Hope your homw was filled with love like ours. Love ya! Jeanna