Little Elves...

Less than a week until

Christmas...

I think we are ready!

This week I brought Elsie to town

so she could finish up her shopping...

and today we started on

cookie making...

All the gifts are wrapped and under the tree...

 Last weekend we celebrated

Christmas with Jon's dad...

this weekend we celebrate with his mom...

and my family over New Years...

we love all the celebrating!

 This weekend we also

will be doing some bell ringing

for the

Salvation Army...

this is something we have done almost ever year...

it's our little family tradition...

and the kids get so excited

and just cant wait!

 I may or may not send out those darn

Christmas cards!

They have been sitting on the desk

since Thanksgiving!

I ordered super early this year

with the intention of getting them out on time...

what can I say,

going to the post office ranks right up

there with going to the dentist!

 And we have pretty much failed when it comes

to our Advent readings

and count down stuff...

we open a new magnet image

for our Advent nativity about once a week...

and we read in the Advent book

about once a week,too...

I guess throwing a newborn with no

sleeping schedule in the mix

makes some things a little tough!

Oh well,

next year...

yes, I think we are ready for

Christmas...