I've been in more of a crafting, than blogging mood lately

...but there are some cute moments to share....

While Sammy is napping,

K-Rae and I have been crafting....

with breaks for K-Rae to "dress-up" of course!

We made this for her classroom teacher, 

and a similar one for the classroom assistant.

We streamlined the process from last year...

no Modge Podge this time, thank goodness! 

We used a sturdy, glossy scrapbook paper for the trees, 

as as well as for the snow.

And Jingle has brought an elf friend to our house: 

meet "Joy," the nice elf!

 Chloe has been off to school each day, 

until the last day before break when she had to stay home 

because she was vomiting all night....poor thing!  

When she gets sick, she really gets sick!

RyDaddy's family joined our three-ring circus for an early Christmas celebration:

And the girls are looking forward to having Daddy home for the school break:

 As am I!  

We even managed to sneak out to a movie while RyD's parents and GG 

watched all the kiddos for a couple of hours...

this is the first real date we've been kid free and done something with just the two of us 

since early October, when Uncle Johnny, Sampa and Auntie Kara braved all our kiddos,

 so we could window shop around the mall!
It almost reminded me that I do actually like to get out of my sweat pants
and spend time with my hubby sometimes!