Thanksgiving Recap!

Happy December!  Where in the world did November go?!?  I have gotten some Christmas gifts checked off the list, but have a ways to go, and now that the calendar has flipped to December, I'm starting to panic a bit.  We only have 2 real weekends left to shop, as we'll be traveling the weekend before for various festivities.  YIKES!  So, the blog updates may be few and far between this month, but we'll see.  If I can remember to snap photos along the way, we'll be set.  :)  

Wednesday I spent the day with Ms. Ella!  Most of my morning was spent on the phone with Sprint trying to get some answers about our horrible cell phone service.  So, that was fun.  I was swearing people.  SWEARING.  Usually I can keep my cool, but I have HAD it with Sprint.  So....moving on....after my ranting, we headed to the Thanksgiving story time at the library.  Ella was so excited, since she doesn't get to go anymore.  She had a good time dancing with her peeps!

We spent the Thanksgiving weekend at home, with the big meal at Jay's parents.  We all had a good relaxing time.  And I had to share Ella's latest hat - with includes turkey drumsticks!  Hilarious.

We finally got the Christmas tree up and the house decorated.  We're missing some extension cords, which are over at Jay's parents in our storage section of their basement!  Anyway, so some of the decor isn't lit up yet.  Remember when we were going to move?  Oh yeah...that would have been nice.  I was a little bit anti about the holiday decorating Friday/Saturday and I think I have figured out why - I was thinking we would have a new house to decorate this season!   But, that wasn't meant to be.  So, I rounded up these silly people to help me get it done.

 Supposed to be decorating....having a rock concert instead.  :)

Friday morning I actually ventured out to grab some must have deals from ULTA.  I originally was shopping online late Thursday night, but the items I wanted sold out WHILE the items were in MY cart.  Annoying....so, Ella & I bundled up and headed out to brave the crowds!

 

And it was great success!  :)  

I got what I wanted and we hit up Starbucks on the way home.  

Yesterday was Smurf Elf's arrival.  He made it, and brought a Christmas CD for Ella.  

  Now I need to get some new ideas for this year's shenanigans!  

Ella loves to see what he's up to each morning, so the stakes are high! 

p.s. Ella accidentally knocked Smurf Elf off the chair yesterday and had a COMPLETE MELTDOWN because we read the book earlier and she knew that you can't touch the Elf because his magic might go away.  Oh boy....that was fun.  Finally got her calmed down and explained that since it was an accident, Smurf Elf will be able to "poof" himself back onto the chair, but since he's magic, he only does that when we're not around.  HA!

So, this week is back to the regular routine, with the added pressures of preparing for the Christmas season.  Hope it's a great week, and check back - this weekend is the City festivities and we're hoping to visit Santa!