1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? both

2. Real tree or Artificial? artificial -I'm deathly allergic to the real thing

3. When do you put up the tree? Usually the weekend after thanksgiving, but the last two years we've done it the weekend before thanksgiving

4. Do you like eggnog? Blah, no. Of course I haven't tried in in a looooong time

5. Favorite gift received as a child? barbies, dolls, and anything that went with them

6. Hardest person to buy for? my brother's in law

7. Easiest person to buy for? My boys!

8. Do you have a nativity scene? yes

39. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don't believe I've ever received a bad gift.

11. Favorite Christmas Movie? Christmas Vacation

12. When do you start shopping? October

13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? don't think so

14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? all the sweets, 'cause calories don't count on Christmas!

15. Lights on the tree? white

16. Favorite Christmas song? baby it's cold outside

17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? we stay home Christmas morning, then we go to my parent's for the evening

18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? nope, I can't even keep my 3 kids' names straight!

19. Angel on the tree top or a star? upstairs tree is a star, downstairs is a bow

20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? we have Chris' family Christmas on Christmas eve, so they get to open a bunch then, and this year I bought them pj's that they will open on Christmas eve

21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? My husband... seriously, he really doesn't like Christmas

22. Favorite ornament theme or color? Never really had a theme or color. our upstairs tree is full of the family ornaments, one's we've gotten over the years, and that the boys have made. Downstairs is just starting out, and it only has big round white lights and silver strings.

23. Favorite for Christmas dinner? The dessert!


I tag Wendy, Tressie, and Mindy!

Shake Your Booty

I walked into my room yesterday to see Chase getting his groove on to the Imagination Movers cartoon on the TV. So I ran and got my camera...

Mom. I already know everything. You don't have to tell me anything...

A Quote from my all knowing 5 year old.

The other day we were all sitting in their room at bed time getting them ready for bed, and I was letting the boys know what the plans were for the next day.

Then Gavin just looks at me as if he's insulted to his core, that I would be so ignorant to think that he needed me to tell him what was going to be happening. And he proceeds to say, "mom. I already know everything, you don't have to tell me anything."

To which I reply, okay if you're so smart and already know everything, what is 6 + 6. Thinking that for sure he wouldn't know that yet.

He thinks for a minute, and them thinks a bit longer, then all of the sudden pipes up and says "mom, it's 12!"

Needless to say i was shocked. And I definitely wasn't really sure what to say, so I just told him he was right, and he did a good job (to which of course he replied "I know", so humble....gets that from his father).

I've also come to the conclusion that daddy's going to have to be the one to help him with his homework in the first grade!