Sweet Serendipity: It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. I seriously can't believe tomorrow will start the countdown of "Twelve days of Christmas". We are going to give the 12 days of cookie baking another try this year lol! We shall see if mommy can keep up haha.

Matt had to go to Honda school again this year, which I'm not too thrilled about, but neither is he, so I'm having my own little countdown til my hubby's home. We miss him so much already.

Luckily, we are keeping busy. Got all my cards sent out today, put up some more lights, finished the last of my Christmas shopping, did another craft with the girls and have been watching Christmas movies all day.

We had a slumber party in the living room by the tree last night, which was fun. The girls brought out ALL their blankets, pillows and a ton of stuffed animals and we just cuddled all night. It was sweet.

Tomorrow is Alaina's Christmas program.. Then I promised the girls we'd start our cookie baking with some chocolate chip cookies to take to my in-laws for an evening of hot cocoa, cookies and Christmas movies after we go visit Santa's house. My sister and nephew will be joining us too. What better way to start our 12 days of Christmas on 12/12/12 with family and traditions. God is so good!

Bella making hand print snowflakes

Making hand print snowflakes

With their works of art 11/29/12

I made Alaina's Christmas dress this year. She loved it!

Enjoying the porch swing lights, while daddy is putting up more lights

Just chilling on the porch with her dolls while daddy decorates

She begged me to "Just sit with her dolls on the swing, so daddy wasn't alone." How could you say no to that. Love her!

Talking away to her dolls.

Caylin enjoyed the lights too!

She melts my heart!

Caylin's 1st Christmas 2012

Dad you look pretty buff here lol! (5 months)

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The lights are up!

It's snowing 12/11/12

Going to grams for a "Thanksmas" dinner :)

Matt's mom went to her other son's house in Phili for Thanksgiving this year, so when she came back we had a "Thanksmas" dinner. It was delicious!

I put the girls in red and brown for the "Thanksmas" dinner lol! I'm so corny, but I love it!

My lil turkey 12/1/12

12/3/12 Alaina has been sneaking in our room at night, so mommy surprised her with some purple lights on her bottom bunk. She loved them so much! She even asked me to bring Caylin in, so she could show her. It adorable to watch.

12/3/12

painting the ornaments they made at grams 12/4/12

doing her advent calendar she made at school

The start of the advent calendar

1st peice of candy out of their advent house

1st day of the advent house

Caylin is 4 months! 12/3/12

Caylin trying on the infamous Don DeLuise cap haha 12/11/12

Beautiful candle holder our neighbor gave me.

St. Nicholas Day 12/6/12

Love this tradition 12/6/12

Santa left a card!

Daddy watched from his truck before he left for work.

Matt was just leaving when the girls ran out the front door and he must have seen them, because he reversed back up to the driveway and watched them get their good-filled shoes. It was so sweet!

Silly girls

Is this coal? hmmm.....

Was I bad? haha

Bella didn't mind lol

Making necklaces for them and sissy

Caylin's 1st tree picking experience lol

Caylin's 1st tree buying experience

Tree is picked out

We pulled into Lowes and crossed paths with this stressed out looking family coming out in the rain with a wrapped tree on their cart. The Dailys walk in, picked out a tree in like two minutes, paid, and we all laughed while daddy carried our unwrapped tree to the truck before the others were even done tying theirs down. The guy just looked at Matt with this big smile on his face, probably calling us rednecks or something a long those lines,but that's how the Dailys' do things around here lol.