So I wanted to do a Christmassy post count down in the form of the 12 days of Christmas. I'm already behind. It's the 15th today, so that means I've missed 2 days. But my question is...does the 12th day of christmas land on christmas eve or christmas day? For my benefit because I have started late, the 12th day of christmas is going to be the actual christmas day. So let the countdown begin!
The 12th day of Christmas!
So here is our christmas tree. I finally got this sucker decorated on Saturday. It took me two days to finally get it done. Due mostly to a demanding little soul who just kept demanding my attention. That and I've got about a thousand other things on the go right now too. Whenever the little one has a sleep, I'm multi-tasking trying to get some things accomplished. Anyhow, our tree seems to move locations every year. This is a new spot for the tree and let me tell you, trying to accomodate the x-mas tree, ample seating, a infant swing, a playpen and an infant change area in one small room is tough. Think we got it accomplished though. I thought maybe I would try a woodland theme this year but don't think it really happened. I do have some nifty owls and cute snowmen on my tree though. And I had a great woodland star tree topper, but when I woke up Sunday morning it had been replaced with something else. I will let you all look and guess what is now topping our tree . If you look closely you will also see that the bottom decorations appear to also have been reorganized. We came home from a friends house last night and someone (or something) had been busy. I remember in the past I would only decorate the tree to about a foot above the bottom branches of the tree because of a certain family member. I will let you guess who that family member might be. I really thought she was beyond this, but hanging out under the tree seems to be her new favorite place. Anyhow, Christmas tree and decorating accomplished on the 12th day of christmas!
The 11th day of Christmas
People, it gets dark here at 4:3o pm. Not one of my most favorite characteristics of December! I much prefer long days. I needed to get out of the house the other night, so hubby, baby and I decided to drive around (and go to MEC because according to the hubby, x-mas isn't x-mas unless you make an x-mas stop at MEC). It was a cold night, so we made the executive decision to drive through Hawrelak Park and experience Bright Nights, which is a lighted x-mas display put on by the city. You do have to pay to drive through the park and be festive and I forked out the 20$ for our 'carload'. We really should have had our car full of the maximum amount of people that could possibly fit in the car as I didn't realize they charged 'by the carload', so 20$ for two people and an infant is quite steep I thought. But we were there anyhow and I figured let's just go. Besides, I had emptied out my pantry of canned and dried goods that I figured I would never use to donate to the food bank and I certainly wasn't taking that bag of stuff back home. The displays were nice. Very bright and festive. This one of the candles and pointsettia was one of the best. But what was even better was the house that hubby took me to afterwards. Talk about your Christmas lights!!!!! This house is
spectacular! And this picture doesn't even show the backyard or all the trees surrounding the yard. I'm very much appreciative of all efforts to put christmas lights out, but man, this house is decked out. Have you ever seen lit up pink flamingoes? This house has it. How about an evergreen tree transformed into a palm tree? This house has it. Cinderella's carriage and horses? This house has it. Strands of lit up hibiscus flowers? This house has it. And still manages to make it all feel so Christmassy. And that's the 11th day of Christmas.
I sit here on the couch, baby on one side, hubby on the other, 2 doggies at my feet, and the cat upstairs curled up on my mommy chair and I'm thinking back about what occured during the 2008 year.
