christmas eve eve. i am so not ready for christmas eve & christmas day. it is so unlike me. normally, i have presents wrapped & just have a few odds & ends to take care that need to be done. this year? i need to still pick up a few gifts (thankfully they’re only gift cards but i am still going to have to wait in line(s), wrap presents & clean the house in preparation for christmas day here.
i am not bah-hum-bug about the day although i do wish we had some snow. it just doesn’t feel like christmas without snow. i need the snow.
i’ve loved these last few weeks. i have loved seeing benjamin & emilia’s excitement grow. i have enjoyed getting christmas card (all picture cards!) in the mail each day. as an aside: i wish people sent picture cards in a much higher frequency, not just during the holidays. technically, i guess that is what facebook, twitter & blogs are for but i love getting real {snail} mail everyday!
ben & emilia are just about jumping out of their skin with excitement. i can’t blame them. we’ve made our lists, got a letter in the mail from santa, had our elf on the shelf (his name is buddy), went with friends to see the zoo lights, rode & watched the polar express with ben’s school, attended ben’s classroom holiday party completely with games, crafts & snacks, baked cookies, decorated the house & worked on some pinterest inspired crafts.
today, amid all that i need to get done i have a few fun activities planned for the kids. we are going to have holiday hoopla. we’re going to make some homemade hot chocolate, bake a few more cookies (special ones for santa), and possibly go visit some more zoo lights at local children’s zoo. to add a little more icing on the cake, we have some friends stopping by later this evening for a little holiday visit.
deep down i am panicking {a little} as to when i will wrap the gifts. but, in all honesty, i know it will get done and if it means i stay up until 2:00 am wrapping so be it. a little extra cup of coffee in the morning will equal it all out.
seeing the excitement & joy written all over their faces it what will make it all worth it.
i hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend! i hope someone, somewhere has a white christmas {because we certainly are not}.
smile! it’s friday!!
merry christmas!
