Getting Ready for Christmas

It's been a fun December so far. Since we
are going to Florida for Christmas, it
seemed crazy to me to go to all the
trouble to decorate. Well, once I heard
all the ooooh's and ahhhh's from Molly
and Lindsey every time they saw anything
Christmas related, I caved. Lindsey and I
surprised Molly by decorating the house
when she was at school. Her reaction was well
worth the time we spent. Daddy was
happy, too!

Lindsey in my new favorite outfit of hers.


Picture taken by Lindsey of David and Molly.


Lindsey decided that she would be
able to sleep in her bed all night if
she wore two pair of pajamas. We'll
try anything so that idea was fine by
us. 2:00 a.m. - she was in bed with us;
two pair of pajamas and all.


Picture taken by Molly.

After decorating the house for

Christmas, it still seemed less

than festive with no tree. With Case,

Lindsey, and Molly in tow - we

headed to Lowe's and found a bargain

tree for $15. A split trunk doesn't

bother our family! Ryan came over

and put up the tree for us so David

would be surprised when he came

home from Raleigh. The next night

we decorated and when David was

putting on the lights, he found a spoon

in the tree. Lindsey's own style of tree

decorating!

I went to a Christmas brunch last

weekend and David had the girls help

him clean the house. We wear get-ups

for all occasions; cleaning the house

is no exception. This was the attire for

helping swiffer and dust with dad.

Hannah and Chris came over so we could have a small

family celebration. The cousins - in yet another

get-up!

Molly LOVES the store Justice but

we have never bought her anything

from there. Her luck changed when

Grandma Cerra gave her a shirt from

Justice AND she got enough money from

Aunt Stella, Aunt Janice, and Grandma Cerra to return

to Justice to buy her second shirt. I'm

not a shopper so David was kind enough

to take 2 hours out of his afternoon for Molly

to try on every shirt in every color before

making a decision. I haven't been in Justice

in a long time but I'm thinking she picked the

ugliest shirt they have every sold. But, she

is BEYOND thrilled with her selection. The

earrings (clip-on) are compliments of

Grammy. Molly thought they just completed

the look!!!