Jolly Old St. Nick

 Here is our Tree, more sparse then usual, but when you have a toddler about that loves anything he can get his hands on...well all ornaments MUST be child proof. Which leaves my glass ornaments in the boxes tucked away until it is safe for them to be put on the tree once again.  I was having a hard time making a bow for the top of the tree so Jolly old St. Nick had his elves make me one and place it on our tree. LOVE it! And my candy count down from Stampin up cute back drop : )

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NO, I am not showing the tv but the stockings, hung by the chimney with care...

St. Nick came and DID not disapoint. He brought all sorts of Christmas crafty stuff

and warm Christmas pjs. 

Notice that Little G needs a BIGGER stocking. His over flow had to go on the chair.

really it only fit rolled up jammies and a candy bar Santa. He didn't mind!

Today when I came home from work, I discovered LOTS of rolo wrappers under the tree. GUESS who got into my st. nick candy!?!?!? What? Not that cute little innocent face? HA! He also ate his mom's sour patch candies. The WHOLE bag! The little stinker!

Miss A is SO excited about Christmas this year. She gets it. She LOVES the decorations, getting gifts ready for others, singing to baby Jesus, reading Christmas stories. Christmas is so much more with children!

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A visit from St. Nick and Snow

These are actually pictures of our first snow - Miss M had lots of fun throwing

snowballs at me (this was when I had vertigo so she had a little bit of an advantage on me)
Miss A didn't like the snow on her. She wouldn't leave her mittens on and the snow was just too cold for her hands.

St. Nick visits December 6th

Ever since I was little St. Nick has always paid a visit to our home the night of December 5th. Filling our stockings with fun little toys, treats and fruit. I have tried to do this tradition now as a mom, but Mr. K doesn't really get it. So I've not really kept the tradition up. When my little sisters heard that I wasn't going to put the stockings out this year they were appalled. Breaking a long running family tradition!?!? Shortly after our phone conversation I received a wonderful box in the mail full of all sorts of little goodies from "St. Nick".
I am happy to say, St. Nick did stop by our house (I didn't get any coal for wanting to cancel the tradition and Mr. K was super excited about all the travel size things he got in his stocking)
My girls were thrilled!!! And Miss M is already talking about what St. Nick might bring her next year.