Isabelle's Christmas List

I have been asking Belle(3 years old) what she wants for Christmas from Santa and here is her list!

1. The perfect Brownie pan
2. The giant cupcake bake pan
3. The Touch and Brush
4. The Busy Ball Popper

The previously commercial free Noggin has changed to Nick jr., where the commercials are endless...

More Christmas pics...

Some Christmas pics

Chloe sent me an email...

I'm five years old, it's getting cold, I've got my big coat on

I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you,

I run and run

Past the pumpkin patch and the tractor rides, look now, the sky is gold

I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home

I don't know why all the trees change in the fall

But I know you're not scared of anything at all

Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away

But I know I had the best day with you today

I'm twelve now and don't know how my friends could be so mean

I come home crying and you hold me tight and grab the keys

And we drive and drive until we found a town far enough away

And we talk and window shop 'til I've forgotten all their names

I don't know who I'm gonna talk to now at school

But I know I'm laughing on the car ride home with you

Don't know how long it's gonna take to feel okay

But I know I had the best day with you today

I have an excellent father, his strength is making me stronger

God smiles on my little brother, inside and out, he's better than I am

I grew up in a pretty house and I had space to run

And I had the best days with you

There is a video I found from back when I was three

You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me

It's the age of princesses and pirate ships and the seven dwarfs

And Daddy's smart and you're the prettiest lady in the whole wide world

And now I know why the all the trees change in the fall

I know you were on my side even when I was wrong

And I love you for giving me your eyes

For staying back and watching me shine

And I didn't know if you knew, so I'm takin' this chance to say

That I had the best day with you today

...Taylor Swift

I LOVE YOU MOM!!!

Chloe sent me this song and I cried and cried...

Time goes so fast, especially at this time of year!

Enjoy your children, make them feel special and loved!

They are only little once.

Merry Christmas!

My little white tree

This is "my" tree. The girls get to decorate the big tree and I get this one. I love the similar tones of all of the ornaments, it looks so pretty! I have this in my dinning room on a buffet table. Then I add a collection of paper cottages all around the table. I just love it!

The hunt for the "perfect" tree

This is where we get our Christmas tree every year. We are lucky to have this right in my moms back yard. O.K., it's actually a field behind her house. This is where I grew up. I ran through these fields when I was little and my girls get to do the same. They get to play in the same stream my sister and I did on hot summer days and run around the big yard in only their undies. Sled down the big hill on the side and ride the go-kart up and down the lane. There is something to say about living in the same house for forty years. There is always a feeling of comfort in my mom's house. Everybody who walks through the door says the same thing, boy I love it here! I am always on the look-out for a new house, but I never seem to find one that is quit right. I think it is because I am always trying to find my mom's house, but it is already taken!

Belle so excited about this giant(this is actually the smallest tree we have ever gotten) tree in the house!!!

The tree with all the decorations, clumped all at the bottom where someones little hands keeps moving them!

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