So it's been awhile since I've posted, but there's not a lot of homeschooling stuff going on here. We're just hanging out for December, enjoying the holidays, each other, and Daddy being off of work until after the new year.
We're reading lots of Christmas books and trying to do some Christmas crafts and activities. It's been a really good few weeks so far.
I'm nearly done Christmas shopping. For my side of the family, on my mom's side, we participate in a gift exchange, although I'm hoping to bring some new ideas for next year. :) We started a gift exchange last year, I think. It works well, though my Grandma is a rebel and rocks to her own beat and still buys for everyone. :) She says she can't help it. I think she has a Christmas giving addiction. And if giving gifts is her love language, then who am I to stop it? :)
We, the adults, each buy for another adult selected by random, or not so much, draw. This year I have aforementioned Grandma and Adam has my cousin's husband Leo, whom he has never met. :)
I'm nearly done shopping for the kids. We set a dollar limit and we've nearly reached that. I think we're going to go with something new for next year, too. A limit of three gifts. I'll be talking to my husband about that, see what he thinks, but I'm pretty sure he'll be all for it.
This year we applied to be in the Heroes at Home Wish Registry through Sears. We were accepted, along with over 30,000 other families. It's been a nice blessing to have and it's been so heartwarming to see the Sears commercials and in-store ads. It's so nice to know others care so much for military families. In addition to the gift card we received, we also received an email gift certificate for $100 worth of Christmas merchandise to decorate our home. So we went last night to shop for Christmas decorations!! It was so much fun! We were so excited to find out that most of their outdoor decorations were 50% off! We got some beautiful things we wouldn't have purchased otherwise. :) I will take a picture when my husband finally gets all of the lights up. :)
I've been wanting to have matching pajamas for all of us for Christmas morning. You'd think that wouldn't be such a difficult task. But for a family of four, two of which being little kids, to get matching pajama pants and a solid color shirt, would be over $40. And that's a little more than I want to spend on pajamas.
So I'm making my own! I've never done it, so I'm a little, or a lot, apprehensive, but I want to give it a shot. Besides, my WalMart is doing away with their fabric department so all of their material is 50% off. I'm excited to be taking advantage, again, of this great deal, but still a little sad that I'll have to drive to downtown Clarksville in the future to get my fabric. Oh well, I'm taking advantage of cheap fabric now!! :)
I will hopefully post pictures when I get them made, but don't hold your breath. :)
Ok, well, I have got to get stuff cleaned up. Adam's on his way home with new tires for his car, that we got for a WONDERFUL price....so I'm hoping to have stuff cleaned up so when he gets here we can go to WalMart, or I can rather, to buy some material. :)
I'll be back....sometime.
