THE GREAT CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!

Oh where to start? Emily and I have the funniest friendship. And ever since I moved back, singing has been our way of expressing our love for the world and carbohydrates (the ravioli song!) So naturally with Christmas and all, a round of caroling was in order, fondly dubbed the Christmas Spectacular because it really was just that!

Okay, so basically all we did was run around her neighborhood singing Christmas songs several octaves higher than what's socially acceptable. But it was grand and we ended the night with 15 waves from strangers, 2 honks, 2 people stopping to watch and a grand finale of Deck the Halls with the kids across the street.

There has never been a merrier day than the 23rd of December. Now, for awkward photos!

▲▲ As you might notice, the lantern is a KEY element to a wonderful Christmas spectacular! Also, this is just a small sampling of Emily's collection of interesting facial expressions.

 ▲▲ And also, sparklers! Provided by our local wanna be pyrotechnic , thank you Andy for such a sparkly contribution! (or contributation as I said earlier...)

▲▲ This photo is oozing with tradition! Emily's family (my family too! who am I kidding?!) has put up this nativity scene ever since I can remember. And when I was little I would always make everyone bow to Jesus. And now I'm not little and I still make everyone bow. It's just one of those things you can't ever not do? (like eating only one potato chip.)

Thanks Em, for caroling with me, and to Emily's parents for pretending we didn't sound as bad as we did. And remember, the best way to spread Christmas Cheer is to sing loud for all to hear! As of now, Emily's neighborhood is drowning in Christmas cheer....

That's how we do  it!

365 Days ago

This was taken:



This song was made up:

Grandma got run over by the Schwans man,
Walking out from our house on the 22nd
You may say there's no such thing as schwans man,
but as for me and Brookie, we believe.

These girls made me really, really happy:


And now you know,
what happened 365 days ago.

I am turning into such a poet.....yeah right.

5 gooooldenn rings!

This post has nothing to do with rings, and indeed it is actually a smell of the season post, but I love it in the Muppets version of the 12 days of Christmas Miss Piggie belts out "Five GOOOOLDENNNNNN rings!"

Its so funny...right?

FIVE GOOOOLDENNNNN RINGS!

Okay, on to the candle. I will do Miss Piggie the justice of saying that she can probably belt better than me. The only reason I thought of that is because this is the 5th smell of the season.

FIVE GOOOOLDENNNN RINGS!

This is the best candle ever. It's pink. It smells good.

and the tin is so adorable!!! I'm trying to burn the candle fast so I can re-use the tin for a craft.

Thank you Rachel and Sarah for this wonderful, multi purpose candle!

oh, and by the way....

FIVE GOOOOOOLDENNNNNNN RINNNGS!