I know I have not posted in forever...I have been completely absorbed with reading every night. There is something about the quiet of a house with sleeping children and a roaring fire tended to by my wonderful husband that makes me want to sit in the recliner and read. I am almost done with Breaking Dawn, so I will be back to posting on the blog more often.
Okay, so I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but pre-Christmas preparations are in full swing at the Marlar house. We put up one tree and still have one left to go...I am thinking of nicknaming Mike "Ebeneezer" because he cannot stop complaining about all of the "stuff" everywhere that comes along with Christmas. We took the girls to have their pictures made with Santa, which did NOT go over very well. I thought I had Lilly Grace prepared for Santa by pumping her up for the entire week. She had her list ready to spout off to him, and she actually seemed like she was going to be okay with it when she first saw him...that all took a turn for the worse when we got within a five foot radius. She started crying, Pressley started crying, and I almost started crying...needless to say, the pictures will probably by endearing in twenty years.
We also made the trek to Toys R Us to buy all of the toys from Santa...I have to say that I was disappointed. There just isn't a big selection of toys for two/three year old girls. There are tons of Barbies, Hanna Montana, and High School Musical...all of which is too old for LG. There's also a lot of baby things for kids up to two years, but not a lot in between. She's not really into babies, so that left us with lots of Play Dough, Art Supplies, and Leapster (which is really for kids 4-8, but she's really into games and stuff). At least she'll be able to practice her numbers and letters with some of the games that we bought. After we got everything, we went to Wal Mart for some other stuff, and I realized that a lot of the toys we bought were cheaper there...so we went BACK to Toys R Us so I could return the expensive stuff and save a few bucks. At least Mike and I got to go to lunch...that was nice.
Thanksgiving is this week, and so begins the crazy next month that is the "holidays." We have a turkey-frying party Wednesday, Thanksgiving at Nana & Papa Chuck's on Thursday, the Cory Smith concert on Friday, Thanksgiving at Grandmother's on Saturday, and oh yeah...did I mention that LG is spending the night in the "Georgia Bus" for the Tech game? What were Nana and Papa Chuck thinking? We'll see how that goes...
