Snow Day and Christmas Program

The kids have already had their first official snow day off from school! And before Christmas this year, which seems very strange. Strange or not they loved getting out of school to build a snowman. As you can see he is fully accessorized with a West Virginia hat on and all. I have to back up a second, Marisa was actually very disappointed to miss school when it snowed...her class was making gingerbread houses that day and she did not want to miss out. Just a side note, they still did get to make their gingerbread houses the following week. Alex had his school Christmas program this past week. He is so funny! He was on the stage and the lights were too bright for him. He came up to the front of the stage to tell me that he needed his sunglasses =0) He did great and rang his bells and danced....he did a lot of dancing!!

My little reindeer!

Well the clock is ticking and I have a lot to do still before Christmas day..which is now in 5 days! I have to finish my shopping, clean the house, and wrap presents. We are trying to keep Christmas low key this year. The kids wish lists are really not all that outstanding and Carlos and myself said that we would keep our gifts to each other at a $50 minimum to keep costs low. Since the wedding, our savings is a bit lower than I would like so we are trying to rebuild that and just not go overboard with gifts. I am just excited to spend the day with the family! I would like to think that I might get another post in before the big day, but if I don't Merry Christmas!!