November 24th-30th

Saturday:

Before we headed home from Indianapolis,

we went and checked out the

Small Claims Court in which my 

father-in-law

is the judge.

(I played with the gavel-

too cool...)

Later, after lunch, we had a little early birthday party

for Little Wild Man,

and then returned home to K-town...

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Sunday:

We stayed home from church and rested.

It was lovely...

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Monday:

All the "extra" kiddos were at the casa today,

and since we were not totally unpacked from the trip,

school was light

(just Math).

I spent the day taking care of kiddos,

unpacking, straightening, laundering, etc., etc, etc.

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Tuesday:

After school,

I started decorating the house for Christmas!

I am going to post about it later,

but let me just say,

my Christmas style is

EXTREMELY eclectic-

I doubt our home will ever be featured

on the cover of Home and Gardens'

Christmas Magazine... ;0)

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Wednesday:

More school-i-o,

Christmas decorating,

and a little 

Christmas shopping 

when Marie came over to 

crochet with Jungle Girl...

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Thursday:

We headed to the church in the morning

so I could complete a craft project 

with the preschoolers in our

Parents Day Out program.

I then put together a Bulletin Board 

featuring the art work

while my kiddos ran up and down the hallways

with a friend.

After visiting my mother,

we headed out with

some friends from the 'hood

to purchase our FIRST ever

LIVE Christmas Tree!

It is fat.

It smells divine.

I think I am in love...

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Friday:

Got up and completed school

so I could head back to the church

and decorate my classroom for Christmas.

I swear-

the stapler and I had a battle,

and I almost "lost my religion"...

Grrrrrrr...

When I got back home,

I checked in on the kiddos,

(who had stayed at the neighbors' house)

and then made dinner.

I finished my evening by helping our elf,

Chess,

set up a 

"Build-Your-Own-Snowman"

breakfast bar

for the kiddos tomorrow.

"It's beginning to look a lot

like Christmas..."

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To read a photo play-by-play

of the above photo collage,

just click HERE...

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