All the Sun For You

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Category Archives: Holidays


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The Monday Snapshot(s) – More Holiday Love!

I swore long ago, LONG AGO, that I would never have two things at my house during the holidays – colored lights on my tree (aside from my vintage accent globe lights) and lawn ornaments in my front yard.

Well, I happily have colored lights on my tree because, well, babies/kids like colored lights.  Matthew loves his tree with colored lights – and I wouldn’t have it any other way (until next year when my old tree returns and his tree goes into his room in the kitchen).

And… I now have the CUTEST little lawn ornament!  We went to Targ.et to get some lights for the yard and fell in love with this cute little polar bear.  I am a sucker for polar bears – I appreciate their plight to survive and just think they’re awesome – so there was no way this guy wasn’t coming home with us!  I got him, and the lights on the bushes, all setup last night and since then, Matthew must hug and kiss his bear every time we come home from somewhere.

Love, love, LOVE!

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This is my contribution to the Monday Snapshot over at PAIL.  Check it out!


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Our Tradition

On a whim today, we had photos taken with Santa.  Last year, this went really, REALLY well.  At this time last year, Santa advised us that the next year could be difficult and involve some fear.

There were tears.

And then B and I got in the shot and things got better.

All this tradition talk lately, and I realize that this is our tradition.  We planned last year to always get a family photo with Santa, and I was hoping to be a little more prepared with proper hair and makeup but meh… life happens.

We will have breakfast with Santa next Saturday for our official Santa photo, but I’m pretty pleased with this one!  This will be our holiday card photo… because I have got to get those out!