Christmas Is In The Air
We're usually completely done Christmas shopping by this time of the year. We generally start by August or September and get a few things as we go. For some reason this year we got a late start, in fact, before Friday we had done less than 5% of our shopping.
Can you guess what we did this weekend ? . . . . . . . . (Drum Roll) . . . . . . . . . . . . That's right, Christmas shopping. I started on Friday and then Jenny and I went a few hours Saturday and then some more on Sunday. We are now about 95% finished. WOO HOO! Thanks, Grandma Linda for watching the kids.
BTW - We got a new computer (Even though I was able to restore all our lost e-mail) and I will have us switched over soon.
They have a thing at Lacye's school called Penguin Patch. It's where you give your kid some money and they pick out and buy gifts for you. They come home wrapped and go under the tree. It lets them be responsible and they learn about money and trade, etc. Well, Johnnie was wanting to do some shopping since Lacye did and Mommy and Daddy did. So Sunday I gave Grandma some money and she took him to the store and he got to pick out some gifts for us. He was really proud to be part of the shopping experience.
It wasn't an entire shopping weekend, though. Saturday morning we all went to breakfast with Santa. They served pancakes and sausage and there were ornaments to be made and face painting and of course sitting on Santa's lap. It was extremely busy and took an hour and a half just to wait in line to see Santa. The kids really enjoyed it though.
Saturday evening we had dinner at a really good family style restaurant called Babe's. We like to eat there at least once a month. The food is awesome and the atmosphere is up beat. This restaurant is downtown, so after we ate, we walked outside and waited for the Christmas parade to march by. It was a lot of fun, everyone was in jolly spirits even though it was a little cold. It was neat to see all the lights and hear the music and, of course, Santa brought up the end.
From there we walked around the corner and all got either hot chocolate or yummy flavored coffee and then sat in the car listening to Christmas music while we watched the fireworks.
I couldn't have planned a better day. I love my family!
Merry Christmas, Y'all!
Can you guess what we did this weekend ? . . . . . . . . (Drum Roll) . . . . . . . . . . . . That's right, Christmas shopping. I started on Friday and then Jenny and I went a few hours Saturday and then some more on Sunday. We are now about 95% finished. WOO HOO! Thanks, Grandma Linda for watching the kids.
BTW - We got a new computer (Even though I was able to restore all our lost e-mail) and I will have us switched over soon.
They have a thing at Lacye's school called Penguin Patch. It's where you give your kid some money and they pick out and buy gifts for you. They come home wrapped and go under the tree. It lets them be responsible and they learn about money and trade, etc. Well, Johnnie was wanting to do some shopping since Lacye did and Mommy and Daddy did. So Sunday I gave Grandma some money and she took him to the store and he got to pick out some gifts for us. He was really proud to be part of the shopping experience.
It wasn't an entire shopping weekend, though. Saturday morning we all went to breakfast with Santa. They served pancakes and sausage and there were ornaments to be made and face painting and of course sitting on Santa's lap. It was extremely busy and took an hour and a half just to wait in line to see Santa. The kids really enjoyed it though.
Saturday evening we had dinner at a really good family style restaurant called Babe's. We like to eat there at least once a month. The food is awesome and the atmosphere is up beat. This restaurant is downtown, so after we ate, we walked outside and waited for the Christmas parade to march by. It was a lot of fun, everyone was in jolly spirits even though it was a little cold. It was neat to see all the lights and hear the music and, of course, Santa brought up the end.
From there we walked around the corner and all got either hot chocolate or yummy flavored coffee and then sat in the car listening to Christmas music while we watched the fireworks.
I couldn't have planned a better day. I love my family!
Merry Christmas, Y'all!
posted by KMAN @ 12/11/2006 12:44:00 PM
2 Comments:
At December 11, 2006 6:59 PM,
Jenny said…
And your family loves you! That was my first parade. Other than seeing them on TV. Pretty cool. I couldn't believe the rude people at the pancake breakfast. After the rest of us had to wait, this lady decides that she is going to slink in and cut infront of all of us. Like she was to good to wait. And then give you guys attitude like we were the ones that were doing wrong. What kind of morals is that lady teaching her children? I'm thinking not the right ones.
At December 11, 2006 11:31 PM,
4angels said…
And I love you too. I really had a good time this week-end with everyone, especially the kids. We had fun shopping. Hope you like what they picked out. I've learned also any where you go, you are going to run into some one that is rude!!!! I guess that is from working with the public for so long.
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