Well, we did it - made it to the mall and back with both babes - ha! I guess that's due in part to the fact that Gam met us at Hamilton Place today. We had a blast just being out in the holiday crowds. We went to the Toy Store, of course, and Ellie & Fisher both wanted everything they put their hands on. Unfortunately, the only thing that Ellie is asking Santa for this year is some $30 Rudolph critters from Toys R Us. I keep trying to explain to her that that's not a reasonable request b/c her mean momma would pack those babies up after Christmas and she would have, what, three, maybe four days to play with them. I mean, really, what am I supposed to do? Santa usually brings what she asks for, and, thankfully, she only asks for about 2 presents from him. Whew!
I think I enjoyed my trip so much because I was like the coupon queen today. Didn't buy anything I didn't have a coupon for, including lunch! Ellie had a coupon for a free kids meal from Chick-Fil-A and Mom had coupons for us to get a free sandwich - whoo-hoo!! Spent a buck-50 on a drink! I love a good deal. And that's why I've got to take one of Ellie's presents back to Target - found a better deal online. One good reason to not wrap presents too early in Dec!
We had so much fun this afternoon at home. Finally got all the Halloween boxes back out in the attic (I know, pitiful), along with most of the Christmas boxes so that we could play in the playroom upstairs. That is the easiest place for us to play b/c I can shut the door and trap Fisher up there! There's no escaping!!! Probably shouldn't have done this, but for some reason I brought a bag up from the garage (yes, there's still plenty of boxes and bags that I still need to go through since we moved in 2 years ago!) for Ellie of some of her stuffed animals that have been in storage since she was three. I told her that we weren't keeping all of them, which went over really well! She said if she had to get rid of them she wanted to give them to Arden - so look out, Christy, here they come - ha!!! Just kidding. I told her that I'm sure Arden has plenty of animals. They just take over your home and there's no good way to store them. They're going to go silently, one at time. Shhhh.....don't tell Ellie!
Well, we're going to Mom's to help her decorate her tree tomorrow - yea! Ellie loves the holidays. She is so much fun!
I think I enjoyed my trip so much because I was like the coupon queen today. Didn't buy anything I didn't have a coupon for, including lunch! Ellie had a coupon for a free kids meal from Chick-Fil-A and Mom had coupons for us to get a free sandwich - whoo-hoo!! Spent a buck-50 on a drink! I love a good deal. And that's why I've got to take one of Ellie's presents back to Target - found a better deal online. One good reason to not wrap presents too early in Dec!
We had so much fun this afternoon at home. Finally got all the Halloween boxes back out in the attic (I know, pitiful), along with most of the Christmas boxes so that we could play in the playroom upstairs. That is the easiest place for us to play b/c I can shut the door and trap Fisher up there! There's no escaping!!! Probably shouldn't have done this, but for some reason I brought a bag up from the garage (yes, there's still plenty of boxes and bags that I still need to go through since we moved in 2 years ago!) for Ellie of some of her stuffed animals that have been in storage since she was three. I told her that we weren't keeping all of them, which went over really well! She said if she had to get rid of them she wanted to give them to Arden - so look out, Christy, here they come - ha!!! Just kidding. I told her that I'm sure Arden has plenty of animals. They just take over your home and there's no good way to store them. They're going to go silently, one at time. Shhhh.....don't tell Ellie!
Well, we're going to Mom's to help her decorate her tree tomorrow - yea! Ellie loves the holidays. She is so much fun!
3 comments:
Okay, Dianne, you got the background that I liked! Just kidding. Your blog looks great! Glad you all had fun at the mall. Going shopping with kids is always lots of fun (HA)! We went Saturday and Ashlyn has already looked and found one of her Christmas presents! Oh, well. Talk to you later!
fisher is so tall!
love those outfits!!
They are beautiful in their little outfits...and your little man is SO sweet I just wanna sqeeze him!!
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