The kids and I had a Creative Wednesday at Michelle's house this week. Michelle was busy working on her amazing Christmas gifts, and I made cards. It was so nice for us to regroup and hang out all afternoon. It's so much cheaper than therapy.
This is one of the sights I enjoy during the holiday season. I came home the other day to find this bag of treats on my porch. It is from my very peppy and thin camp director (remember she sang her way up the mountain while I thought I was going to die) friend Toby. It was a bag of chocolate covered toffee. I started out by thinking I would just try some, but quickly moved on to "oh this is fantastic, I'll just have another piece" to "I can't believe I ate the whole bag!"
I wrapped presents for a couple hours the other night while Randy was out with a friend. It was so enjoyable to watch a movie while I wrapped (even if the movie was The Fantastic Four) all those presents. This is the first year we've been on top of things enough not to be wrapping the bulk of the gifts on Christmas Eve! This is much more fun for all of us because it's so fun for the kids to see the presents under the tree all week leading up to Christmas, plus it's less tiresome for me and Randy.
After I got everything cleaned up, this was the pleasing display. I love the glow of the Christmas tree lights so much it makes me wish we could have them all year round. Oh well.
Our anniversary outing yesterday was great. Michelle invited the kids over to spend the day so that Randy and I could go out. We did some shopping at the mall, ate a tasty lunch at The California Pizza Kitchen, and went to the movies to see Deja Vu. It was an excellent day. We got home just after 4:00 so Landon was able to run next door for Scouts, then Amy M. called to invite Whitney to spend the night with Bella. (Amy M. originally offered to have the kids over for our anniversary, but then Randy took the day off work so we weren't going to do that anymore.) Randy drove Whitney up to Salt Lake to their house (of course Whitney left her bag of clothes here!!) then he went shopping for me. (I love this part.) Landon and I had dinner together at home, then I made holiday m&m cookies while he watched a movie. It was marvelous.
**When and where do you wrap presents?
Do you love looking at the Christmas tree lights?
What's your favorite menu item at CPK?
Are you done shopping yet?**
Do you love looking at the Christmas tree lights?
What's your favorite menu item at CPK?
Are you done shopping yet?**
18 comments:
I love CPK, my favorite thing there is the pear gorgonzola pizza with greens on top. That or the cobb salad.
Sometimes I wrap presents downstairs on the train table or the piano bench, sometimes upstairs in front of the tv. It depends on how lazy I'm feeling (may not want to lug all the gifts downstairs for ribbon detail).
So far I've mostly wrapped only the gifts I had to get in the mail. Lucas was stressed about it until the boxes from my mom came!
I'm not done shopping yet and I hate that. Then again, I'm not done with anything yet! Oh and I love chocolate covered toffee. That Toby is a wonder.
Good to hear it was such a nice anniversary!
Love tree lights! Jack so loves them that he gasps and arches his head back particularly when he sees the outside house lights.
CPK faves - spinach artichoke dip and the bbq chicken salad
Done with shopping! Not looking forward to wrapping. I wait til John is around b/c he's so good at it and I'm not very patient w/ it.
I like to wrap my presents as soon as the tree is up, but apparently I am in the minority. It doesn't feel like Christmas without presents under the tree. I love to sit in the dark with the tree lights on Christmas music. That gets me in the spirit.
I usually watch movies too (or TV) while I wrap and I like to get the bulk of it done in one sitting and then add my last-minute stuff.
I actually enjoy wrapping. When I was in 8th grade, my mom gave me all the presents to wrap and then was shocked to find out I wrapped my own gifts! I don't mind. I wrapped all my gifts this year too, except for a suprise my husband has for me.
I am often found wrapping my presents Christmas morning in my MIL's fabulous present wrapping room. Yes folks, I worship this woman, she has a small room just for wrapping paper and ribbon.
The glow of the Christmas tree sounds wonderful! I can't wait to finally see one tonight! and snow too!
I have a bit more shopping left to do. I am never usually this last minute, but for some reason that's how it worked out this year.
I wrap presents in my bedroom, which currently looks like a disaster zone. I love wrapping presents, in fact, that is what I was going to post about today.
I also love the pear gorgonzola pizza with the greens on top at CPK. In fact, my husband brought that home last night after he went Christmas shopping.
I have never been to CPK but they are building one in my town. So I am sure I will have a favorite soon. I love wrapping presents by the tree and there has to be some good Christmas music playing. I love saving some for Christmas eve because it is just so magical to prepare while the kids are asleep with sugar plums dancing in their heads.
**When and where do you wrap presents? at celestas house this year! she stores them over there too - fabulous!
Do you love looking at the Christmas tree lights? i kinda do!
What's your favorite menu item at CPK? havent been in forever i dont even remember whats there anymore!
Are you done shopping yet?**i BETTER BE by today!!
I put our presents under the tree last night, and I LOVE it!! My memories of Christmas are of my mom's trees always stocked with presents...I just couldn't tempt my girls for too long :)
I am DONE shopping, but have so much cleaning up to do!!
Mmm...you have my favorite pizza pictured...is it the tostada? I LOVE it, I could eat the whole thing (along with the bread they give you and a half of the CPK club salad). :)
Sounds like a great day. I'm glad whitney came over after all. The kids have been having a great time.
Adam and I finished up wrapping up the gifts last night. There are still a couple to do, but I am waiting for them to get finished. I feel crazy busy right now, but have to say I feel so good just having the presents wrapped.
I still have to go shopping for food. I have about 3 items to prepare plus Adam and I are putting on a huge breakfast for my family Christmas Morning. I'm really excited about this new tradition. I am hoping to go out when Adam gets home in an hour or so, but when I look outside (snowing like mad) I don't want to be out on the roads.
"I'm not a woman, I'm a prince. Can't you tell. Would a woman have short dark hair?" -whitney
As I was typing my comment this is what I heard from the other room. It made me laugh.
Oh, I can relate about having a Christmasy Anniversary. Ours is on the 28th and instead of spending the day at Before Christmas Sales, we find ourselves at 'After' Christmas Sales. Then we usually go out for dinner or a treat.
Our wedding pictures did not turn out so great either! And guess what, we have been married 13 years this month also!!!!
Happy Anniversary!!!
When and where do you wrap presents?
In my bedroom at night or when the kids are in school. I also watch a move when I do it.
Do you love looking at the Christmas tree lights?
Yes. I sit in my front room every night and look at the tree. I love Christmas trees.
Are you done shopping yet?* YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am done shopping. I am wrapping right now. I like to wrap when I am alone or late at night. My guest room where I stash things in generally too messy to wrap so I like to bring out the wrapping stuff and spread out. I enjoy wrapping.
I have been to CPK once and I don't even remember what I got...
Pretty much done wrapping presents. I do it on the floor in my living room so I don't have to transfer the presents too far. I listen to music.
I do love the glow of the lights. I wish I could read by their light, but it is too dim.
I have only been to that restaurant once and loved it. I so want to try that pear pizza.
Done shopping- both for Christmas stuff and all the food for our party tonight and Sunday night and then the Christmas b-fast feast we have. It is nice.
For me looking at the lights is like watching the rain or a fire. There is something so soothing and calm about it. I just love it.
I am now done shopping even though I didn't get to find everything I wanted. I am about half way done wrapping. I love how your presents are so pretty. I just haven't gotten there yet. I love to have pretty presents but I am so impatient when it comes to wrapping everything. I just want it done so I hurry through it thinking the kids don't care they just rip through them. Maybe next year.
I have only been to the CPK once and I don't remember either what I got. If I have to choose where to eat while I am in that area I always go to PF Changs!
I am happy that all our presents are wrapped. Our tradition is that Santa brings them all so there aren't any presents under the tree yet.
I may be spoiling your taste in food, but I can't say that I like CPK. I have had three terrible experiences there.
I think I am done shopping until my kids wrote a different list of little things they wanted. So I may or may not go and get them. We'll see. Santa comes tomorrow at our house since Doug works on Monday.
I too got a little bag of toffee from a friend, and I ate the whole thing pronto. So good.
I have not started wrapping yet, hopefully tomorrow.
fyi-I want to live in your craft room.
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