It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Where does the time go?  December has been full of great memories.  Mom came again for another quick, but very productive visit.  I learned that having her here to prepare for Christmas is just as good as having her here for Christmas.  Decorating the tree has never been more enjoyable, that’s for sure.  Brik was our typical kid decorator that only saw one branch fit for ornaments.

We also got in a good shopping spree at Macy’s.  I have not been much of a shopper in the past two years and tried hard to make up for it.  She even squeezed in a patience-trying gingerbread train project with the kids between a pedicure and a nice dinner out.  All that in two days with three kids; what a feat!

Our long loved Canon point and shoot has laid to rest.  Our first replacement was terrible (Nikon CoolPix).  So we went straight back to Canon and have a lovely orange camera that we are very happy with.  These two pictures were taken at the same time from the two different cameras.  We messed with the settings and could never get the Nikkon to take good pictures.  They were blurry with the kids and had bad color with the food.