{our weekend... Ahem... 2 weekends ago!}

Always behind 'round these parts.

This past weekend ( December 8th) was filled with Christmas cheer!! We started off Friday night by taking Collins back to PJ’s with Santa at the Holiday Market put on by the Junior League here in Columbia. It is a great event…and maybe when Collins is 5 she won’t be TERRIFIED of Santa?!? At least we gave it a shot…hehe. Poor boo did NOT like Santa…I was even going to attempt to sit on his lap with her, but NO. But yet, when we walked away…she said “bye bye, santa.” WHAT?! How does that work? We still had fun though…ate some popcorn and watched a bit of the polar express, decorated sugar cookies, and played in the little gym area…it was a fun night to get in the holiday spirit!

Saturday was spent finishing up decorating the house for Christmas. We are DONE. And I LOVE it. We went with a HUGE 12 foot tree this year and put it in our foyer. It is MAGICAL. We went this route because I would have had to remove furniture from the den to put the tree in there and I didn’t want to do that…BUT, even though I am OBSESSED with this huge tree…I am rethinking that decision. It just doesn’t feel right to me not being able to see the tree in the den. And Christmas morning? There won’t be a tree where we open presents? Weird. Now I am thinking I could have put the tree somewhere in the den that would have blocked a “traffic entry” but would have worked…we may do that next year, maybe we will just do TWO trees next year? Anyways, our halls are DECKED and now we can just enjoy for the next few weeks!

Saturday night we all headed over to my parents’ house to watch football and celebrate my brother’s birthday. It was a good night. Collins absolutely LOVES being with her cousins!

Just a little bath time fun!

It was FAAAREEEEZING Sunday morning. Yikes. We went from 80 degrees on Friday to 40 on Sunday, typical South Carolina winter. Collins and I went to lunch with my mom, aunts and cousins and then did a little shopping with my mama. We came back home and enjoyed an evening in front of the fire (with some delicious chili.) Is there a better way to spend a cold, winter night? I think not:-)

I can’t believe Christmas will be here before we know it……….. better get to shopping!

xoxo

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