It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas 2010

All {she wants} for Christmas...

is to NOT lose any more teeth.

She has a fit when a tooth is loose! I love that toothless grin, though, and I'm going to miss it if her permanent teeth ever come in...

Variation on yesterday's layout...

Time to share Christmas layouts!

We don't put our tree up until December 1, so I've been waiting until now to share Christmas layouts also! =)

Last projects before Christmas

A few more Christmas projects and one for the new year!

This year, I decided to bundle each child's gifts together (I love the look, and it prevents snooping!), and I added a tag with their names.


Each of the kids drew a name of one of their cousins to shop for, and I added a little pad of note paper (using up those scraps again) with their name on the front.


Lastly, we have a book with a small Catholic/Christian fact that we've read during our family prayer time each night, but we are almost done with it. We decided to create a gratitude journal for the next year to replace it. To make this, I repurposed one of Z's binders from last year that was falling apart... tore apart the front, spine, and back and re-supported it with chipboard and my best friend lately, my hot glue gun. I then decorated it with a healthy dose of Restoration by Crate Paper and a bit of Bazzill, Stickles, and Liquid Pearls. I still need to Mod Podge it, but here's what it looks like...


I wish you a very blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!