12 days of Christmas Left

We have been in Christmas spirit still. I love it. St.Nicholas Day was belated due to the sharing of "C" between households (pout). Here is a little lookie @ the 2nd ever ST.Nicky experience:










The "loot":

As you all can see based on the pics she enjoyed her pretty boots more than the loot! For those of you who don't remember or who weren't following our blog last year...St.Nicholas day is a German holiday that children celebrate by cleaning/polishing their boots and putting them on their doorsteps. If they are good children St.Nicholas will fill their clean boots with nice things. I learned of this holiday when I was a teacher. Two of my students and their mother created a wonderful St.Nicholas experience that I will never forget. It has become our family tradition to acknowledge the holiday which falls on December 6th of each year.

Here's what else we've been up to. #1 Eating these Christmas tree cookies that they sell at my fave...TARGET!!!! We keep finishing the boxes off and buying more. "C" asks for em in the store nonstop "unhhh cookieee, unnnhhh coookie mamaahhh" lol. I keep telling her, "we have to buy them first hunny."
#2 Singing Christmas songs, C loves to sing "Fa wa la la laaaa" it's adorable.
#3 Warm bubble baths. We don't participate in the bathe every other day old wives method. We're just high maintenance and we moisturize double in the winter to avoid chapped skin.
#4 I sent out my xmas cards!!!!! The postage stamps are truly reflective of the midwest this year. They have the cutest pine cone illustrations on them.
#5 Green eggs and ham with red grits breakfast. Yummmmyyyyy. I loved this meal way more than "C" did. Daggghhh oh wellll, you win some you lose some. I still made it with her in mind. I love nothing more than creating special memories for my only child. I hope she knows how much mammah loves her and tries to make her days and life special and memorable as we reach each new milestone.





Until the next time...