It seems like every extra minute between Halloween and Thanksgiving was spent either making beads or designing and constructing jewelry.  We also spent some time putting together the feast for Thanksgiving.  On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I took my pieces to the Spa/Salon and to my amazement they accepted all of it!  I was excited and somewhat panicked.  I was back to square one on the inventory for the Christmas bazaar.  Another couple of weeks making beads and jewelry.  It went by so fast and to my own amazement, I was able to get it done.

The Christmas Bazaar was also lots of fun.  Rose also provided some built in helpers.  Her son’s were very helpful getting things in and out of the cars and helping everyone with stuff.  We even let them have a break now and then.

It was our first official show.  Too cool!!

We didn’t sell a great deal but all in all it was a good experience to participate in.  Thank you, Rose!

With all this fun behind us, there was nothing left to be focused on except Christmas.  Now, with a four year old waiting on Santa, that can be quite entertaining on it’s own.

It was fun watching Daddy put all the lights up outside.  He also put up the tree and did most of that decorating.  I finally pitched in getting the rest of the indoor decorations set out and the house was lit and decorated.  We finished all the shopping and even found time to send out Christmas cards and make treats for all of our wonderful neighbors!

The monkey has a new buddy across the street.  They moved in a couple of weeks before Halloween and it seems that we may as well paint a crosswalk on the street between the houses!  These two are inseparable.  They love to drive the power wheels Lightning McQueen and play Ninja Turtles.  They also get a real kick out of playing on their bikes and watching the Ninja Turtles movie.

Christmas really is fun when you have a four year old.    A few days ahead of Christmas Monkey got to visit with his favorite SpiderGirl…my friend Christine.  She came over and they made Christmas cookies.

He was also extremely excited to open a gift from her…Hot Wheels.  He loved them.

It was a fun morning and somehow…those cookies just disappeared.  Santa, I hope you enjoyed them!!!

He was so excited for Christmas and worked very hard to be on Santa’s good list.  I went hunting for the obligatory pictures and turns out all we took that day were video.  So…I guess that means that the highlights for toys and fun will have to wait a few days as I take the cute pics of the monkey playing with the gifts.

Hope you had a great Christmas!  We sure did!!!