Charla
12-11-2008, 10:07 AM
What are you enjoying about the season? What's stressing you out?
I love that Jasmine's starting to see the bigger reason for Christmas. Last year it was all about the tree. This year it's about Jesus' birthday. We're going to make a cake for him, we're doing two different advent calendars, and she's really enjoying the two nativity sets we have around the house (literally around the house; I think there's a piece or two in every room of the house :crazy:)
here's the calendar I made for them yesterday:
http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/data/655/advent-calendar.jpg (http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/138571)
I love the music, the lights, the decorations. I love the family time. I love giving gifts. I love giving and getting Christmas cards.
BUT....
We're celebrating with DH's family this weekend, and are still waiting on pins and needles to find out if one of the big presents will be shipped in time :wacko:
And the girls have decided the tree is a good thing to tackle. We tried putting non-breakable ornaments on the bottom of the tree, but there are some hooks on some of them and I Just really don't want to end up on Rescue! 911 over them. So this is what our tree looks like now:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/berekah_44/no-tree.jpg
And I think we'll skip putting it up next year. With the girls and then with an 8-month old, I think it's safer just to leave it away for a few years. Because I can't take the stress. It's taking away all the joy of walking in to a room with a lit tree. (edit: that's not really going to happen. I know we'll figure out something next year, just some sort of a blockade. I really can't imagine not having a tree!)
And DH seems to be reacting negatively to sugar. We're starting to think it's related to his sinuses, but whatever the reason, I'm scared to make Christmas cookies. But I love Christmas cookies. And you know that whenever you tell a pregnant woman she can't have something, she'll immediately get strong cravings for that thing :crazy: I think I'm going to make some still, just not as many. Because it's Christmas.
AND....
My camera is on the fritz. THe problem I had when I first got it (it's a refurb, and one of the buttons I tried but don't need to use made things goof up) is acting up again. It seems okay at the moment, but I'm terrified it will quit halfway through Christmas and I'll be stuck with our P&S for the rest of the season. So I'm praying it holds out until after Christmas, and then I can send it in for repairs.
Okay, your turn :giggle:
I love that Jasmine's starting to see the bigger reason for Christmas. Last year it was all about the tree. This year it's about Jesus' birthday. We're going to make a cake for him, we're doing two different advent calendars, and she's really enjoying the two nativity sets we have around the house (literally around the house; I think there's a piece or two in every room of the house :crazy:)
here's the calendar I made for them yesterday:
http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/data/655/advent-calendar.jpg (http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/138571)
I love the music, the lights, the decorations. I love the family time. I love giving gifts. I love giving and getting Christmas cards.
BUT....
We're celebrating with DH's family this weekend, and are still waiting on pins and needles to find out if one of the big presents will be shipped in time :wacko:
And the girls have decided the tree is a good thing to tackle. We tried putting non-breakable ornaments on the bottom of the tree, but there are some hooks on some of them and I Just really don't want to end up on Rescue! 911 over them. So this is what our tree looks like now:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y62/berekah_44/no-tree.jpg
And I think we'll skip putting it up next year. With the girls and then with an 8-month old, I think it's safer just to leave it away for a few years. Because I can't take the stress. It's taking away all the joy of walking in to a room with a lit tree. (edit: that's not really going to happen. I know we'll figure out something next year, just some sort of a blockade. I really can't imagine not having a tree!)
And DH seems to be reacting negatively to sugar. We're starting to think it's related to his sinuses, but whatever the reason, I'm scared to make Christmas cookies. But I love Christmas cookies. And you know that whenever you tell a pregnant woman she can't have something, she'll immediately get strong cravings for that thing :crazy: I think I'm going to make some still, just not as many. Because it's Christmas.
AND....
My camera is on the fritz. THe problem I had when I first got it (it's a refurb, and one of the buttons I tried but don't need to use made things goof up) is acting up again. It seems okay at the moment, but I'm terrified it will quit halfway through Christmas and I'll be stuck with our P&S for the rest of the season. So I'm praying it holds out until after Christmas, and then I can send it in for repairs.
Okay, your turn :giggle: