Monthly Archives: December 2009

Wishing you a Very Merry….

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circlea few random things that have happened on this glorious week of Christmas vacation:

MaM has been having fun with our wall hanging Nativity. Yesterday she announced, “I have put Baby Jesus in the nest!” and proceeded to sing Him a lullaby.

Early this month, MaM picked out huge Santa head placemats for herself and her brother. Jr now points to his placemat at mealtime and says, “oh Ho Ho Ho!” He has also straightened out many farm animals and noises in his head, so now he does more than roar down on the farm.

This past Saturday I had the chance to visit IRL with some Twitter Peeps, and we were all treated to some fabulous coffee for a fantastic cause.I ordered some Saturday afternoon, and it arrived today, Wednesday-just in time for Christmas morning (YUM). We tried several kinds, the Guatemalan was my personal favorite.

Also, I have a new post up on Grown in My Heart today–all about Advent and anticipation.

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas. I love sharing bits and pieces of my family here and I love reading about yours. Enjoy the holiday weekend! I’m off to help MaM decide where she should put her note to Santa. You know, just in case she doesn’t wake up to visit with him……

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The Santa Dilemma

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IMGP4169_cropped We are in high-gear here, all ready for Christmas. We’ve been shopping, we’ve been to breakfast with Santa, we’ve driven around and seen the lights. There are only a few more doors left on MaM’s Advent calendar. The fourth candle gets lit tomorrow on the Advent wreath. We are almost there, there to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Here’s the thing–MaM believes with all her heart that Santa will come to visit and chat on Christmas Eve. That he will come to our house, while she is awake, he will give her a Barbie Mermaid, and she will give him the card she has made.

She does not want to mail the card, “because he is coming to our house on Christmas.”

She does not believe he will come while she is sleeping, “because he wants to visit with me on Christmas.”

She isn’t expecting any other presents, “because I asked Santa for a Barbie girl, so that’s what I’m getting.”

Soooooo here’s my dilemma–do we arrange for Santa to stop by on Christmas Eve while she’s awake? I’m sure we could get a friend to do it. Or do we just stage it like we usually do, and hope that the sight of the Christmas tree with the gifts under it with will distract her from remembering that she wanted Santa to actually visit with her?

We aren’t over the top with Santa, but her blind faith is astounding. We saw Santa in the gas station parking lot Thanksgiving weekend, and he was kind enough to talk to her for a minute, and took her request for a Barbie mermaid. Ever since, she has no desire to go see him, because, “I told him what I wanted in the parking lot”.

I don’t want her to be crushed/sad on Christmas day, but I also don’t want to come up with this elaborate scheme this year–and then have to repeat it for years to come, only to have her find out from a neighbor kid /schoolmate that it was just that–an elaborate scheme.

Thus the Santa Dilemma. Any suggestions on how to keep it magical and fun without going over the top? Anyone? Anyone?

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Hallmark Gift Card Giveaway

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timthumb.phpThis holiday season, Hallmark Gold Crown has some fantastic keepsake gifts for everyone on your list. Greetings and keepsakes have moved into the 21st century–recordable storybooks, DVD greeting cards and digital scrapbooks blend technology and sentiment.

Hallmark sent me a digital scrapbook to try-really, it’s a USB drive with everything you need to create a beautiful scrapbook. There are five themes–holiday, family, friend, baby and love. Because I am horribly behind in documenting Junior’s life, I received a Baby Scrapbook USB drive. I was able to choose between a girl motif and a boy motif, upload my photographs onto adorable slides, and set the whole project to music. Once finished, the book was ready to be printed, emailed, burned to a DVD or plugged into a digital photo frame. The best part? I could do all of it on my laptop–there was no paper, scissors or tape involved.

Also, for those of you who don’t relish the task of addressing and stamping and mailing all of your holiday greetings–Hallmark will do it for you. It’s true. You tell them who needs a card, and they will send it on your behalf. How’s that for delegating?? Speaking of cards..have you given a Hallmark recordable card to someone you love? For those family members you like get “a little something” for, give them the gift of you (or your kids)–a personalized greeting they can listen to over and over again. My family loves to give and receive these cards!

Want a chance to go shopping at Hallmark.com or at your local Gold Crown Store? Enter our Giveaway! We will be giving away $25 gift cards to two lucky readers!

To Enter: Please leave a comment on this post, and be sure we have your email address. For an extra entry, please tweet this giveaway on Twitter : RT @gotchababy $25 Hallmark Gift Card Giveaway is up! http://bit.ly/4xy7Qy, then come back and leave me a comment telling me you did!

Comments will be open until 8pm, Thursday, December 17th. Good Luck!

Disclosure: I was sent a Baby Digital Scrapbook and several Christmas recordable cards in exchange for hosting this giveaway.

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