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12/06/2004 Archived Entry: "Our holiday weekend"

Friday we were determined to decorate the house even though I still wasn't feeling 100%. All the boxes were already in the house it was just a matter of cleaning the house and then getting everything up. It took us the better part of the morning to get the house in order and then we finally started on the boxes. We finished early afternoon. I must say I am very pleased with how everything looks. We don't always put everything in the same place every year so it's never the same ol' same ol'. After dinner we set up both Christmas trees and started decorating them. Chris and I did one and Tabitha took care of hers by herself, except the lights, of course. This year we put our second tree in the front window so it can be seen by the street which means both trees are in the living room. The dining room still has plenty of festivity as does the kitchen and the hall bathroom. Again, I must say how nice everything looks. I'm sorry I was as into it as I would have liked, but the results put a smile on my face. The only thing lacking are the outside lights because it's either been far too cold or it's been raining. We'll get to them though, I'm sure.

Saturday morning we dropped Tabitha off at gardening class and then Chris and I ran a couple errands. We hit Whole Foods since we were out there and I got Tabitha a couple snacks she's been wanting for awhile. She child loves vegetarian jerky. I like it too, but I think it's odd that she does. We didn't really do much once we were all home again, until after dinner, that is. Then Tabitha wanted to know the verses to "Twelve Days of Christmas" so I wrote them out for her. She asked if I would sing it with her, which I did, and then we put on our 3 Disney Christmas tapes. We had a pretty good time singing all the songs and Chris joined us as well for the last tape. Just sitting on the couch surrounded by all our Christmas decorations and singing carols; we were like a catalog ad, lol.

Sunday proved to be dreary and very wet. I was in a rather blah mood so we headed out to breakfast in the hopes of shaking it off. We also went to Best Buy so Chris could use part of a birthday gift certificate, in addition to Target for massive amounts of batteries for all the singing Christmas decorations, and Staples for construction paper. By the time we got home, Chris wanted to play his new game and Tabitha wanted to play computer games. I still wasn't perked up, so I called my mom and went to visit. Actually she had errands to run so I tagged along, but spending time with her was apparently just what I needed because I went home in my usual good spirits. By then I didn't feel like cooking dinner, so we loaded back up into the car and went to Baja Fresh. I ran into Barnes and Noble on the way home and picked up a book with a built in piano. Tabtiha has one for nursery rhymes and has fun with it, but this one is Christmas Carols and I knew she would love it; I was right :) She played it for quite a while when we got home.

Today is not cloudy so far and the forecast for Anaheim in mostly sunny so after my doctor's appt. we'll be heading to Disneyland to enjoy holiday activities. We'll decorate cookies, drink hot chocolate, ride Small World Holiday, take our pic in front of the giant tree, listen to carolers and just take it all in. Nothing beats the holidays at Disneyland. We won't be staying for the parade and snow this evening though, we'll go back after dinner another night this week or next. We will be stopping at Build-a-Bear so Tabitha can get a Christmas outfit for her boy bear. Her girl one got an outfit last year. I also need to get away by myself for some shopping time for a couple of last items.

Saturday afternoon I took loads of pics of Tabitha in her Christmas dress so I can include on in our Christmas cards. We found the perfect one, which I'll get printed later this week and get my cards out. Right now you can see some of my favorites from our little photo session here. The one we're sending out is not shown on that page, though. Enjoy!

Posted by Susan @ 12/07/2004 05:44 AM PST