Christmas 2011

Christmas is meant to be spent with family and good friends and that is sooo what we did! :) Hope you all had a wonderful time!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

Childhood

We went to Riverwoods Mall the other night to look at the X-mas lights and visit with Santa. As we said our good byes to Santa we were confronted with the coolest toy store I've been in a while. While looking through toys I saw this toy that so reminded me of my childhood and right away I started to think about all the stuff I played with, watched it and did wear as a child and it sure did put a smile on my face. Oh, I so want my kids to have a fun childhood and good memories as I do!!! :) Here are some of my fun childhood memories:

Gingerbread House

Another fun night during X-mas season! :)

Bella and Jack's piano recital! :)

Bella and Jack have been taking piano classes for a few months now and made us so proud tonight at the recital! :) Keep it up, guys! Special thanks to teacher Paula that made it all come together!

A special spot

Yay, I just got my chair done yesterday and I am now done with my sewing/craft area project. I love how it looks, I love how organized everything is now, I love how I don't have to be moving everything back and forth and I look foward to the time I am going to spend in this special area I created! :)

Christmas tree decoration

It's sure a special night when we get to decorate our Christmas tree as a family. I love to listen to Christmas songs as we decorate the tree. I love watching Bella and Jack being so excited. I love turning the lights in our Christmas tree every night and hanging out in the living room, it is a oh so peaceful feeling! I LOVE CHRISTMAS SEASON!!!

Sewing machine cover

My sewing machine got a super cute gift from me! :)

Lamp

Nothing like new fabric on an old thrift store bought lamp! Love it and so does my sewing desk! :)

Desk project

Yay, I just finished my desk project and sooo LOVE how it turned out!!! :) I bought it for $25.00 a few months ago and with green paint and glaze I got the antique look I wanted. I am using this desk to sew on it and to organize all my sewing/craft stuff. Sooo excited! :) Check out the before and after pictures:

Countdown project

Bella and Jack have been asking how many days till Christams for a bit now. A few weeks ago while at double coupon saturday at Roberts I saw this project and had to get it. It turned out so cute and I can not wait to see the kid's faces everyday when they wake up and run to see what's inside! :)

X-mas Wreath

Good friends, yummy food, lots of laughs and getting christmas wreaths done, that's what I call a good girls night out! :)

Pajama pants

The project at my sewing class last night was pajama pants but with not enough yards I actually got a "capri" pajama pants done for me. :) We worked out of a pattern that to be honest was kind of annoying so this morning I worked in getting pajama pants for Bella and Jack off a blog and it was soooo much easier and fast. Love it! Here are pictures of the kids cute robot and owl pajama pants and my capri pajama pants that I sleep on it last night and love it! :)

Thankful Tree

Halloween decoration is back to storage! :( We had a fun october! :) Last year we did an activity where the kids wrote or made drawings of what the were thankful for and put it up on the fridge. This year we did a thankful tree. We grabed some branches from our yard, cut up pieces of paper and ribbon and with what the kids are thankful for we have our thankful tree. I loved listening to Bella and Jack express what they are thankful for while doing the activity. I love how our thankful tree turned out and I am sooo thankful for my beatiful family! :) I wish us all a Happy Thanksgiving season and that we can all see how blessed we all are!!!