Half Way to Christmas!


If you read any of my Christmas suggestions you may remember that we were planning our own 1/2 Christmas Celebration for June 25th. You know what I learned about June 25th? It is just as busy as December 25th! Nana sent the kids Christmas crafts to do which are still undone. One thing that we did do was to raid the library for Christmas books. They are readily available in June! June 25th hit while we were in the last week of baseball, training camp, and the parents in for a visit. It was one of those weeks where we were supposed to be in 2 places at one time, so much for our Christmas Celebration. Although we did enjoy the books! I bet somewhere within that week, B. was forced to wear a Christmas bib because all the others were piled into the mounds of neglected laundry. It was a thought.....

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The Patterson Family said…
I love it! You sound so much like me...full of good ideas, but no time to use them! :-)
July 15, 2009 at 12:26 PM
The Patterson Family said…
By the way, a good reading and fun site for the kids is www.rif.org. You might check it out when/if you have time!
July 15, 2009 at 12:27 PM
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