Waiting in line at Toys R Us
Next stop was Jordan Creek Mall - where I spent some time trying on hats....
I actually ran into some of the people I go to Farrell's with... they had a little area set up and they were EXERCISING! At 1:30 in the morning! I thought I was nuts for being at the mall shopping at that time... they definately raised the bar by doing a Farrell's workout at that time of night.....
Allison's last stop with me was at Target which opened at 5 am. Once we were done shopping there, she headed home for a little shut eye because she had to go to work in a couple of hours... Yep. She's a trooper! And young(er) ish than me... so she can totally pull stuff like this off.
Later that afternoon, RB and the girls (and Howie) arrived home and we spent the night putting up the Christmas tree and putting the lights on. We were going to use the lights from last year (non - LED lights) and wait for them to go on sale after Christmas and then stock up... however... we only had about 3 working sets so RB headed to Menards for LED lights. While he was gone I was drilling the girls.... "There is no such thing as too many lights on a Christmas tree..." (Gramma Mac will appreciate that....) We had to save the ornaments until the next morning because we were all too tired.
The next morning we decorated the tree and then put out the rest of the Christmas decorations. This year, we even let the girls put some decorations in their room... I knew it was a bad idea... but I just couldn't say no.... We'll see how long the lights and snow globes last in there....
We all wore fun reindeer antlers... and the Christmas music was blaring from the IPod.
Howie was super annoyed that I made him wear his reindeer antlers while we were decorating.... I think he secretly liked all the attention we were giving him.. but was acting shy for the camera.....
She had just finished her Sno Cone.... and then I had to show her this picture about 150 times so she could see her colored lips.....
Ali Cam
The girls LOVED the show.... Ainsley did great until the last 10 minutes or so - she got a little restless. The girls wore their princess gear again and Ali told me she wanted to wear her Belle dress to her preschool program coming up.... Lovely.The girls have been tucked into bed for two hours now.. and Ali just came down. UGH! I think it's the Christmas lights we put in their room..... Addi will be devastated if we take them down, but I think they are keeping Ali up. Think I could get Ali to wear one of those sleep eye masks?!!

























