Happy Early Thanksgiving...

Hopefully at some point today we will get on the road to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving. Audrey decided last night was a perfect time to throw up snot all over my pillow and she continues to be congested and snot filled today. Luckily, we still have some steroids left over from her last bout with a cough/asthma/snot issues, so Ray is giving that to her this morning while I work a few hours so that I don't have to take any leave.

We are coming back on Saturday so we can spend Sunday putting up decorations and getting in the Christmas spirit. There are multiple houses already decorated in our neighborhood, and it didn't dawn on me until this morning how late Thanksgiving is this year.

We will do the Christmas Wreath tradition again this year where I have a piece of paper for each day of December with activities on it. Each morning, we will pull one off of the wreath and do that activity. Here is my list this year:

Go look at Christmas lights
Bake Cookies
Get ice cream from Sonic
Watch a Christmas Movie
Do a time capsule letter or drawing to be put away and opened next year
Play a board game
Go to the dollar store and buy one item
Watch a Christmas show
Open one gift early
Make marshmallow snowmen
Make a Christmas craft
Go to the library for a Christmas book
Draw a picture for a family member and put it in their stocking
Draw a picture and mail it to a relative
Do a Holiday coloring page
Make a Christmas Cracker
Dance to Christmas music
Make smores
Make an ornament for the tree
Play Christmas Bingo
Pick out a favorite Christmas card received already and put it on the tree
String marshmallows or popcorn for the tree
Make a gingerbread house
Make a paper wreath using cutouts from drawing of hands

We are also doing that Elf on a Shelf thing this year. I had a coupon for Hallmark and bought one there. Ashley is completely intrigued by the whole thing as I have told her on Sunday Santa was going to send an elf. This should be interesting...

Have a Happy Turkey Day everyone! Anyone going to be in Myrtle, I am going to the outlets at midnight!

Christmas Ornaments

Crazy busy schedule as we travel "home" to Virgina this weekend - Check
Presents wrapped - Check
Kids excited - Check
Successfully have a head cold which makes you feel like crap and then you take too much Airborne which makes your stomach feel like crap - Check, Check

I love the holidays.I love the holidays.I love the holidays.

Anyways, I receive my Secret Ornaments Swap, and I got not one, but THREE ornaments. That made my children, very, very happy. As each of them got to put an ornament on the tree and then I did as well. It was from Sara, and there were two sweater ornaments and a beautiful stained glass present.

The lovely card that came with them explained that she tried to find an "A" ornament as my name and the girls' names all start with "A". Well, only those of you closest to me and Ray know that Ray's first name actually starts with "A" as well...Allen. And no, we absolutely did not plan it that way. I swear. Ashley we just liked and Audrey is a family name. It just worked out that way. Funny, huh?

Anyways, we are leaving today for Virginia, and while we are hoping the traffic there doesn't swallow us whole, we are looking forward to a few days with the kids and family.

Veterans Day

I will be posting my Fun Monday post tonight...

But today, I would like to thank all of our service men and women, from past and present, for what they have done for our country.

My Stepdad is retired Army, and with a couple of bullets still in his back, he served our country well.

Thanks to all our veterans...