Weekending...

Who's counting down the number of days until Christmas?  My 'to do' list keeps getting longer and the number of hours I have left to accomplish all those things is getting shorter!!  AAHH!  And this cold weather is really getting annoying.  As Ella told me a week or so ago "Mommy, winter is for the birds!"  HA!  I asked her where she came up with that saying, and I guess it's from Sara (at Sara's "school")  :)  I told Sara about it.  She laughed, and told me she says that a lot.  We all know what we really want to say about the weather, but we can't say that in front of the kiddos.  ha ha

Our weekend was just fine.  Jay & I had a date night on Friday and Ella had a sleepover at his parents.  It was great!  We saw Catching Fire (Hunger games movie #2).  Great movie - better than the first one we thought!   Despite the freezing temps, we headed to Buffalo Wild Wings to catch the end of the Wild game too!  Going out to eat without a small child is so great - you can actually have a conversation!!

Saturday, Jay was in Chaska most of the day and I headed out briefly to get some more shopping checked off the list.  But I gave up pretty quickly.  I just didn't feel like dealing with the cold weather and the crowds.  I found some deals on Amazon later in the day and called it good.  :) 

Sunday I started the holiday baking.  First order of business: sugar cookies.  I decided to skip cutout cookies this year and made my mom's recipe.  Simple and delicious.  We haven't frosted any yet.  Most of them have found a home in the freezer until all of the festivities begin!

And our Smurf Elf is still causing all kinds of ruckus at the house!  I must admit, this year is much harder than last year for some reason!  I keep forgetting and then it's so late I just want to go to bed, so the creativity is lacking.  But, my good friend Pinterest should help me the next few weeks!

Happy 16 days until Christmas Day!