Abundant Blessings Homestead

Christmas break!

We are officially on Christmas break now!!!! Yippee!! I remember when they were smaller (well, Rebecca and Thomas)...we used to take off for the entire end of the year holiday season...the Monday before Thanksgiving until the Monday after New Year's. Ahhh...those were the days....  Now, we have so much more school work that it's not really feasible to take that much time off..course..it's also hard to stay focused on school work during the holidays... for me, not so much for them!

We have much to do before Christmas arrives. But, we're pretty much on target for getting it all done. Course, I've been there before and the best laid plans don't always pan out.

Today is shopping day! We're headed for milk...then drop it off here at home. Then we are going to my hair salon. Rebecca and Thomas need some hair attention. Next, we are headed to that great shopping mecca..Wal Mart! The children each have some cash (thanks to Granny..and Daddy!) to spend. This year, we've done something different. They've chosen a name, so instead of each of them buying for each other, they'll buy for one special person, plus Daddy and Mama. I plan to take one child with me through WM to pick out their gifts for their special someone and Daddy. The rest will stay with Rebecca. We'll repeat this process till everyone is done. Could be a long day, eh?!

The next two days will be craft days. I can't tell you how excited Natalie and Mary are for this! They are my craft bugs. Anything involving creating is right up their alley!

Thomas hung the outside lights yesterday. It looks all festive out there now! I believe we done with the decorating...course...there's always a little more we can do, right?!

I put all of our school books away yesterday. Oh my...do we ever need shelves for school books!!! I stacked them three different ways before I found a method that mean the books would not fall over! But, this way, you also can't pull out a book from the middle...you know..should anyone want to look at a school book before say, January 5th. Oops..not sure we'll start that day..yes, it's the Monday after New Year's...but it's also our 18th wedding anniversary. It doesn't seem right to start back on that wonderful day, now does it?!

My folks will be here soon...and not soon enough! We miss them dearly!!! And Auntie Nina will be here the following week!!! YEAH!!! We love having company!!!

I want to get some gifts wrapped before I wake my children...I think now is a good time...

Have an abundantly blessed day!!!