Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, Everybody!

OK!

I found the past two videos and I will be working to update the movie links on the side, but I haven't done it yet...

My apologize to anyone who gets this song stuck in their head. It is a most powerful earworm...

Christmas 2006

Christmas 2007

Christmas Card Outakes

Ok, so each year we have take pictures for our Christmas card. And every year there are *hundreds* of pictures that just don't cut it either because of lighting or camera issues, however I am actually a big part of why so many pictures need to be taken, and why Mommy settled for only one session this year with a large glass of wine after. Mostly this is for Nai Nai and Popo because I know they can't get enough, but if you have the fortitude for lots of crazy faces... enjoy!

This is the third time we have done a version of this video, I am trying to find the first two. (We lost a bunch of stuff when our online storage site bit the dust.) If I can find them saved somewhere else, I will post 'the early years' video too.

Christmas Card Outakes

Snow!

On Friday we watched it snow over 12 inches here and it is snowing again today. Another 12 inches has been forecast for today. Even though we are all feeling under the weather (Ha!), I convinced my parents that a little time playing in the snow was necessary to make me feel better. With more snow coming today, I am going to have to use my powers of persuasion to get them out in the snow again... well convincing my mom is the hard part, my dad always loves to play in the snow.

Cat

The Polar Express

Yesterday I had the chance to ride on the Polar Express! It left from Burlington and went to the North Pole. We were served hot chocolate and cookies and believe it or not, it only took 20 minutes to get there and the train stations look very similar...All the children wore pajamas and we were greeted by elves when we arrived at the North Pole. We were read a story about the Polar Express and then we met Santa!I was very excited about meeting Santa. I did my 'happy dance', ran right up to him, turned around and said, "Cheese!" so Daddy could take my picture. After my picture with Santa, Mrs. Claus gave me my very own sleigh bell. It was quite a day.

Not Quite A Traditional Christmas Carol

Yes, it is Ring of Fire, by Johnny Cash. For whatever reason it seems that it is all I am singing lately... Weird.

Tagged!

I was tagged by Birdie and The Queen Bee and here is my response to these lists of 8. (Please note these items are not in order of importance or ranked, just how my brain function stumbles across what is forefront in my mind at the time.)

8 Favorite TV Shows:

1. 30 Rock
2. The Office
3. Lost
4. How I Met Your Mother
5. The Big Bang Theory
6. Grey's Anatomy
7. The Amazing Race
8. The New Adventures of Old Christine

8 Things I Look Forward to:

1. Christmas lights
2. Weddings
3. Hugs from Harper
4. Hugs from Dan
5. When Dan comes home from work
6. Nap time
7. Getting the mail
8. Shopping (not the grocery kind...)


8 Things on my Wish List

1. Warm vacations
2. Quiet
3. Good books
4. Time to read those books
5. Warm feet
6. For Harper to always be secure with who she is
7. Dinners that make themselves
8. A healthy, happy family

8 Things I did yesterday

1. Online shopping
2. Drank some tea
3. Little more shopping...
4. Played 'I Spy' with Harper
5. Took a nap
6. Learned of an upcoming snowstorm
7. Wondered why some of the lights on the Christmas keep going out
8. Had sandwiches for dinner


8 Favorite Restaurants
(I need to qualify this by saying, If I don't have to cook it was a great restaurant, so I do not have very high standards and I am not ashamed... Ha!)

1. Fire and Ice
2. Sweetwaters
3. Noonies Deli
4. Vermont Pub & Brewery
5. Cubbers
6. Wokky's
7. The Cheesecake Factory
8. Yak & Yetti (At the Animal Kingdom in DisneyWorld. It doesn't really sound appealing, but it was very tasty!)

My Trip To NYC

I found myself in New York City on Sunday. It was chilly and crowded and fun! I went to the Central Park Zoo, FAO Schwarz, Rockefeller Center and saw a lot of pretty cool stuff. I ate a pretzel, sang to Santa Claus, played on a giant piano and I also fell asleep on the way home. It was great!