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[impatient1]

Hi ladies!
Nice to see you Terri and Sandra.
Not much going on here, got the tree up this morning although it needs decorations still. B has been crawling under it and tried to put a light in her mouth.

 

[Vickie]

Poor J, hope that the Advil helps her to feel better so she nurses

Lisa that's pretty funny

Lots of rain here as well, though I did just send Hannah and Stan out in it to go to her swim class

 

[BlackBerry25]

Hey Sandra and T Dawg

For some reason Helena never really has bothered with the tree any year. This year she broke an ornament and hid it, but thats about it lol.

 

[Tiff]

Claire was pretty enthralled with the ornaments when I first put the tree out but she's been really good with leaving it alone these past few days. She likes when we turn off the lights when it gets dark so all the lights shine.

 

[Newt4]

Im so nervous of Anna around the tree. Im switching all the glass bulbs to plastic and crazy gluing the top metal things on.

 

[Vickie]

Hannah's messed more with the tree this year than she has in any year past but mostly that's just touching the ornaments to look at them oh and she enjoys twisting the ones that are hanging with ribbon (wooden ornaments so not breakable) around and around other than that she's pretty good

She saw the presents under the tree this morning and said "Is it Christmas time yet" Poor kiddo. She's left them alone though!

her first Christmas she wasn't crawling so it wasn't really an issue and by her second Christmas she was old enough to understand "no"

 

[Melissa_M]

Alia loves the tree, but got over the novelty of it pretty fast. That was after she decapitated a couple ornaments though (Nathan's mom gave him an ornament for xmas each year and he has them all saved so we put them up...but Alia grabbed a few off...one was a cat and its head stayed on the tree and she got the body, and same with a Santa ornament haha).
The bottom two feet of the tree are a bit disheveled but overall it still looks pretty nice!

 

[MamaBird]

Hi Ladies!

Long time no chat!!! It was nice to read everyone's updates.

Brandi, I have never been called a seamstress...but I'll take it! Thank you! and thanks to your friend for voting!

Thanks to everyone else who voted for P as well. Still 17 days to go and she had 135 votes...second place has 49. I hope ppl keep voting.

I liked all your posts about the ideas for homemade gifts! I might make a few like the hot chocolate cones!

So I've been super busy with the craft shows and filling orders. The first craft show was a HUGE success...we've already booked for next year...TWO tables next year! But the one this past Sat. was dead. All the vendors there were so bored. It was the first year and they didn't advertise well...so anyway...after paying the $25 for the table and my $30 gift certificate donation for the penny sale table... we made a grand total of.........................$1.50
The highlight...Nathan won one of the items in the penny sale...a handmade bib and crayon holder that I really wanted. Lol!

Another big milestone...because we had the craft show Saturday...we drove to my parents on Friday evening...enjoyed Fireworks and the Christmas parade and then Nathan and I came back home...and Peyton slept OVERNIGHT at my parents. It was hard for me

To make matters worst...when we were at my parents,,, Peyton was totally amazed with the tree. My mom said she put all plastic at the bottom...but there was this one that looked like glass...so I asked...and my parents were like No...that's plastic...and I was like..I'm pretty sure it's glass...and my mom said she had it for like 3 years it was definitely plastic... Fast forward 5 minutes...she snatched it without us seeing...she was walking in the kitchen with it, tripped, fell and it smashed right under her hands. The one hand was cut in 3 places and bleeding everywhere They weren't big cuts but my mom was crying cause she felt so bad...
ANYWAY... we are only putting lights...stuffed animals of sorts (I need to find said animals), ribbon bows and that's it I think

To top everything off...I think Peyton is getting her first cold in 9 months. Her nose was runny today and she was sneezing. But she's also teething big time...chewing anything she finds and drooling like she never has before. Not sure if the runny nose can just be teething?

Alright well, I better go and be productive...or else I'll have a dozen ppl pissed if they don't get their orders before Christmas.

xo

P.S. Sorry for the long post...I don't get out and talk much to ppl.

 

[Vickie]

Glad the first craft show went well even if the second was a bust!

Teething can definitely cause a runny nose and did with all of Hannah's molars

 

[ryder]

Both my kids have been suprisingly ok with the tree... We have christmas thomas on a track under the tree and I only put kid friendly stuff on the bottom, it is of course completely re-arranged... The plus side is if Peyton takes something off, Jasmine enjoys putting them back on haha... I made alot of bows and stuff this year for it too.

 

[readynwilling]

so glad the first craft show was a success Brig!!!

The advil has kicked in and J nursed well, ate 5-6 baby spoonfuls jarred food and half a mum mum so im happy with that!

 

[Sarahkka]

Poor sick babies!
Poor sick mums!
Hope everyone feels better soon!

We are watching Meet Me in St. Louis (one of my favourite old movies) and both boys are surprisingly taken with it. I think I'm going to try the Wizard of Oz with Simon soon.
We have the tree all lit up and the top lights out, and Simon is carefully playing and redecorating.

 

[Melissa_M]

Brig sorry Peyton cut her hand! poor baby!
On our tree we put lights, beads, bows, wooden ornaments, and pine cones Totally baby-friendly but still looks pretty

 

[BlackBerry25]

Poor sick babies!
Poor sick mums!
Hope everyone feels better soon!

We are watching Meet Me in St. Louis (one of my favourite old movies) and both boys are surprisingly taken with it. I think I'm going to try the Wizard of Oz with Simon soon.
We have the tree all lit up and the top lights out, and Simon is carefully playing and redecorating.

Me and H watched Wizard of Oz today, and she LOVED it. Made me so happy!

 

[ryder]

Jasmine saw it last year, but I think she would like it better this year!

 

[BlackBerry25]

Yeah I only got up to the part with the tin man, but she was so cute and funny. She wants to go to Oz because "they have beautiful gardens and it looks like a real fun place" lol

 

[Melissa_M]

Wait till she sees the flying monkeys those scared the shit out of me when I was little!!!

 

[readynwilling]

i remember the flying monkeys scaring me too Melissa!

I think J is feeling better although she was coughing quite a bit last night.

It snowed here! there is like 1cm LOL.

 

[Vickie]

I think that movie would scare Hannah I mean really if she's scared of Swiper I'm worried about showing her the flying monkeys

glad J is feeling better

We're going to Square one tomorrow for a girls day I think Sara, I have a lot to pick up to finish up my baking if you aren't busy?

and we're getting ready for kinder korner here! should take all morning by the time we get back it will be 1ish

 

[Tiff]

Have fun Vickie!

Claire would probably be fine with the flying monkeys, she LOVES being scared. But I think she's still a bit young for it so I'll wait for the moment. Right now she's obsessed with the old animated version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. She dances along while the Who's are singing and laughs when the Grinch steals the presents

Glad J is feeling a bit better Sara!