Christmas

It has been a long time since I have blogged but here it goes. I am very excited about Christmas and a little sad too. I am excited that I am spending it at home with my husband and my two beautiful kids. I am not having to worry about traveling around. I always loved that as a child, being able to wake up in my house and make memories with my brothers and parents. I want that for my children too, I want them to wake up together and laugh with each other and make their own memories. I am sad also, because I can't have my whole family together for Christmas. As a little girl I always dreamed about having a huge family get together, but as I get older I know that isn't possible. So I have learned that my wish is for my other family members to make their own memories on Christmas and make it memorable for everyone around them.

I am excited to start new holiday traditions with the kids. Aniston is starting to understand the things we do for the Holidays but Kinsler is still a little young but he will catch on. One thing I remember about Christmas is that my Mom would always read to us out of the Christmas book on Christmas Eve so I am going to make sure I do that as well with my children. I have also placed Christmas trees in the kids room. I started this when Aniston was born and I decided to carry on the tradition. Aniston has a Barbie tree and Kinsler has a monkey tree. I hope to keep the themes the same for a while but I realize their taste will change as they grow older. But I think it is awesome because now every year they both can pick out an ornament for their own tree. I am also letting them pick one ornament for the big tree this year. Aniston picked out Tinkerbell and well I picked Kinsler's out because he just isnt into it yet. So I picked out a Preschool vintage airplane ornament. (his daddy enjoyed that).

I also made the decision to make a Gingerbread House with Aniston which I have never made before. So I hope this becomes a every year tradition as well. Another thing my mother did every year was make cookies for the doctors, people at the bank, and for friends. So this year I am going to do that. Just to show my appreciation to all the people that work hard and are good friends to me. There have been a lot of people working our house so they are deserving of these treats. I also made my yearly donation to the Toys for Tots and the kids were with me when I did that. So hopefully every year Aniston and Kinsler will get excited about donating toys to children who are less fortunate.

So I hope everyone has a very blessed Christmas and has a great start to the New Year. I am thankful for many things this year and I can't wait to see what next year has in store for me and my family.

Where does the time go?

I am having a hard time grasping the fact that my little girl is turning two and my little boy is three months old already.  I knew time went by fast but I think it goes even faster when you have children.  Aniston went from needing me to help her hold her bottle to knowing how to open the pantry door when she is hungry.  It has flown by so fast. 

I have been married six years and we have actually been together for nine years.  That is so weird to me because it seems just like yesterday it was the first week of school and I thought he was weird for not eating cheese on his hamburger, little did I know he was lactose intolerant.  (no wonder he didn't ask me out for three months).  And that turned into me eating gardettos for lunch and him eating everything that I didn't like.  

I can't grasp the fact that my children are growing up so fast.  For those of you who don't have children it may be hard to understand but for those of you who do have children I am sure you understand completely.  

So, since my daughter is turning the big 2!  I am throwing her a Sesame Street theme party.  Every morning at 9 am Aniston and I watch Sesame Street for an hour.  It's so amazing to me that she can name every character on that show.  So, I am throwing this big hoopla together for her, probably for more me than her but at least she will have photos to look at later in life.  I enjoy throwing a big party because she only turns 2 once and I only have to throw one big party once a year, well I will soon have to throw 2 but oh well!  I don't mind if it makes her happy and even if I get a little something out of it!