Halloween!!

This month officially starts the Holiday Season for me...woohoo!! I've gotten things ready for Andrew's Spooktacular birthday party and the house is quite haunted, thank you very much! The yard is very welcoming, if you dare open the gate! hehehehe

Christmas is my favorite holiday, but Halloween is a very close second. I love all the fun decorations and silly foods and crazy antics this time of year brings. I don't care for the gorey part of Halloween, yet, since the kids are so small, but maybe someday we'll have dead bodies scattered about.

The Great Pumpkin showed up Oct 1 and has really been nice to the kids. He brought them candy, decorated fresh chocolate chip cookies with candy corn, made mini cheesecakes, and I'm sure he's got more ideas up his sleeve!

This month I hope to take the kids to the Pumpkin Patch here in town. It's a nice tradition that Andrew has enjoyed, but we'll see how Ava does. I'm sure she'll have a great time. It would also be a great time to visit the San Antonio Zoo since the weather is so nice these days.

Happy Halloween!

Christmas in July!!

Merry Christmas in July! I'll be celebrating all month long, how about you? I'll be trying new recipes, crafting gifts, working on Advent calendars, and planning a nice celebration for the 25th for my little family. I have a feeling Tinsel and Crumbs will be making a surprise visit to get a mid-year report back to Santa on the kids' behaviour.

Allow me to introduce myself!!

Hello! I'm Edna and this is my very first blog! I'm an avid gardener, crafter, scrapbooker, and decorator, but my passion is my job. I'm a SAHM to the two most delightful children, and wife to my best friend. I might not get a paycheck, but the rewards of my job are immeasurable!

One of my favorite topics is Christmas. I love all things Christmas and work all year to make each Christmas as stress-free as possible. That includes buying/making gifts all year long to avoid a huge bill in December. I also love the traditions we've got in place for our kids. Each year the kids get a new ornament and I get one for the family, too. DD gets a new doll each year and DS, well, he just gets boy stuff. Also, they each get a Hippopotomus for Christmas, ala the cute song that DS has loved since he was teeny tiny. The most fun is helping two little elves visit the kids from Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve. Tinsel and Crumbs are their names and they are hilarious!

I hope to add to this blog regularly, but my job is quite demanding of my time (no complaints here!) so I'll be back when I can!!

Thanks for reading!

Edna