After much debating and waiting, we finally have airline tickets to travel to AZ for Christmas! We were hoping they would go on sale for an affordable price for us, and they finally did (of course now they are even cheaper, but I try to not think about that). If prices stay this way, maybe some people could finally come visit us :)
We will be looking forward to the weather in AZ, as the ground is already covered in 5-6 inches of snow here. This year is better than last, even if there is just as much snow, because the kids are older and able to play in it a little. Rowan is still a little young, but at least he can move around and I don't have to worry about him freezing to death. Jason took Ellie sledding the other day, and she LOVED it. When I went to pick her up from preschool yesterday her class was sledding too. Two other things we've enjoyed with the snow were spray-painting the snow (with spray bottles filled with water and food coloring) and making maple ice cream by mixing clean snow with maple syrup. Although I heard tonight that even clean snow really isn't that clean. I guess we won't do that too often. Okay, I just googled eating snow and I don't think I'll let Ellie do it any more. Gross!
We have all of our Christmas shopping done for the kids, and I can't wait to see them open their presents! Ellie is getting: a learning laptop, the Barbie Nutcracker dvd (and a trip to see the Nutcracker ballet live), and a Christmas mug. Rowan is getting: a rescue-themed train set from Target, Thomas the train Ultimate Christmas movie w/Thomas train, and Hot Wheels cars. Plus stockings of course. Somehow Ellie knows that stockings are filled with candy, so she's most excited about those. Because of several deals I've done through Target, all of the gifts total about $95 usually, but we've only paid about $32. Christmas shopping CAN be done on a budget!!
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
We can't wait for Christmas!
Posted by Kirsten at 8:59 PM
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4 comments:
You are the bargain shopper woman! I would love to get some tips! Of course, since we're headed back overseas in a few short weeks, I don't know how many of them I'll actually be able to put into practice :)
Kendra - I need to look up your email address tomorrow, I'd love to have updates on you and Alex!
Anyone in particular that you think should come visit you? We get the hint! One of these days we'll just show up on your front door! No more eating snow!!! I didn't read the article but if it's that gross...yuck!
Mom
Cool! I'm glad you're done with your shopping. So why is eating snow so gross? You'll have to send me the article. Make sure you take pictures of your kids opening their gifts!
P.S. I'm assuming that's a "Barbie" DVD she got. I bet she'll LOVE her laptop!
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