Wrapping up....

The kids. They are quite entertained with wrapping paper. After seeing me  attempt to wrap presents with them in the room, they took the paper and began to wrap each other. It was super cute. And I had to quit wrapping in front of them because I was losing paper, having to rewrap presents that they would open, and hunt down tape and scisssors. Nightmare!! I learned my lesson! Wait til bedtime.

Sweet Tooth

So we just got done with our annual Christmas Baking Extravaganza at the Harrison house. It smells oh-so-sweet and yummy in here. We began bright and early this morning.....for it is an all day event. Everyone has their favorite recipes and we must accomplish the entire list. (why is this underlined and blue?? don't know. just ignore that)

Our agenda went a little like this.

1. Chocolate Chip Cookies

2. Peanut Butter Balls

3. Cheese Straws

4. Thumbprint Cookies

5. Sugar Cookies

6. Saltine Heath Bar Bark (this is my all time favorite and is super easy to make)

 







Just a few of the needed ingredients.

 Chocolate Chip Cookies.

 Kim fondling some balls....................geesh y'all....it's only peanut butter balls.....or as you northerners call 'em Buckeyes.

 Getting ready for some cheese straws.

 Danner and Granny decorating some sugar cookies.

 Danner enjoyed watching.

 Cooling tables

 Cute and yummy.

 Finished products.....at least part of them.

 A full day of cooking equals a tired kiddo sleeping on the couch.

Actually 2 tired kiddos sleeping on the couch.

Anyone else have any good holiday traditions??

Oh Christmas tree...

Goodness gracious.....our poor tree. I should have warned it the minute we picked it out.....

That it would never make it around our house. Did I mention last year I didn't even decorate the tree. We picked out a tree, put lights on it, and left it naked. Why? Really, do you not know? Yep.....kids. They abuse, poke, strip, and pull on this poor, poor tree. I once again put on the lights and this year I pulled out the decorations. I carefully started placing them on the tree......strategically placed with unbreakables at the bottom....see I am pretty smart. Did that stop them, oh no it did not. They pulled them off just as quick as I put them on. Finally after about an hour of chasing them to get the ornaments out of the hands and putting them back on the tree....repeat...repeat....I gave up. The bottom half has no decorations. Hmm. And that still isn't good enough. Porter yanks the lights off. Sawyer gets the broom and tries to get decorations from the top half. And Danner steals the ones he knocks down and hides them for herself. I find little stashes of decorations in little piles around the house. Under the table, behind the couch, under her bed....etc.  I have had to sweep up 2 broken ones just today....at this rate we won't have any ornaments left by the time Christmas gets here.

Am I the only one with this problem?

Baby Shower

Thought I would share some photos from Ashley's shower. In case you can't figure it out...it was nautical themed just like her nursery. She received lots of goodies for the babies and had a great turnout.

 Made this banner....it said BABY

 Also made this one.....It's A Boy

 A fishing net filled with baby goodies.

 My first diaper cake.

 Gift table...before the gifts.

 Made this frame for her ultrasound pic.

 Favors for the guests....filled with candy.

 Cake...made by Kim

 Isn't it cute.

 Too much food.......

 I may have gone a teensy bit overboard with the food.

 Look at all the presents...that is one loved baby.

 Mommy to be......and Porter.

What a cute baby belly....

Nursery

I wanted to post a few pictures of Ashley's nursery for her sweet baby boy due in February. She chose nautical theme and I think it turned out precious. Our family friend Kim did the decorating. I painted the top half and she painted the bottom half......

The baby is going to love it.......

Last Day....(I promise)

Our last day was spent at Hollywood Studios which I think used to be called MGM. We rode the Buzz ride, watched The Muppets in #D, rode some movie ride. and went back to the room. It wasn't the best for 2 year olds, but we had fun. We also waited in line for a picture with Buzz and Woody for very long time. And guess what happened when we finally got to the front of the line. Yep. Everyone screamed and cried and ran away...except Porter. SO... I scooped everyone up and made them take a picture.

 Waiting in line to see Buzz

 Brrr......it got cold the last day there.

 Family shot. Porter was the only one slightly amused by the looks of Woody.

 Danner

 Woody grabbed Sawyers leash and tried to drag him back.....which did NOT help...it only made him scream louder.

Porter loved them.


After Hollywood Studios we went back to the Magic Kingdom for the parade and fireworks. It was a zoo....crazy amounts of people. So we rode a few rides and caught the monorail home.

We were supposed to go back to the parks on Thursday but we got up, ate breakfast, and decided to hit the road home. We were parked out.

So much fun.....we will defintely be back...just not anytime soon. I need a vacation just to relax.