Our Christmas Update

Ok, so Christmas is finally over, although remnants of it still remain strewn throughout my entire house. My goal tomorrow is to get everything, including decorations, put away. I can't wait to get that "clutter" out of the way. David gets mad that I call Christmas decorations "clutter", but that's the way I feel about them sometimes.

Overall, I think we had a great Christmas. David may be feeling a bit cheated...I overheard him chatting with a friend on the phone about gifts they had gotten and he said "oh, I got a ladder..." But we had set a budget and I tried very hard to stick to it, in fact I did overspend a little, but David way overspent! I won't complain though, because I LOVE everything he got me. He is very thoughtful in his gifts. Or should I say, he strives to get everything I ask for, and he does a great job!

My most exciting gifts this year were a Girl's weekend away with two of my best friends to Vegas. We'll be going the middle of January. And David's mom got us and David's sister and husband tickets to see "Phantom of the Opera" in the city on New's Years day. She is watching the kids. I can't wait for both of these things!! I also got some other wonderful things that I love, but the most fun was wathching the girls with their presents.

Santa had a little accident putting together Carmen's new bike, so we had to return that today and get a new one. Target was out of bikes, so we went to Walmart and got a totally different one. Carmen didn't seem to mind that the new one wasn't a princess bike, although that was all she had asked for. She was just so excited that she had money left over to buy a horn to go on the handle bars! Aliza got a baby stroller and bassinet and loves playing with her babies. She also got a Tinker Bell costume that she has worn for the past two days. And together they got a doll house full of furniture that they are having a hard time sharing.

We also got a lot of new games to play. Which is a good thing, because David has decided we are getting rid of the TV!!!! I am still trying to negotiate something, because I at least have to have movies to keep my sanity. If Aliza can't watch ELMO it's the end of the world. So, today we did pretty good. Aliza got to watch Elmo one time and Carmen got to watch one movie. Other than that we kept busy with new games and new toys the whole day. We'll see how long we can make this last...

I'm posting a lot of pictures. There are pictures of the second Joy school nativity where Carmen got to be Mary, some more tile pictures that I made, some of the girls in their new dress up clothes, and Carmen making her own lip gloss.