Elf Yourself!

Have you ever elfed yourself? This little site from Office Max is hilarious! You have to check it out. Here is the link to our video.
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/uyS91VHxxF6PtTOk#/owner/uyS91VHxxF6PtTOk

Christmas Card Pictures

This is the first year we have a cat so I wanted to include her in our Christmas picture for our Christmas cards. She is a very skittish cat and doesn't like traffic noise or being in the backyard. Well, that is where I wanted to take the picture. Needless to say, she wasn't real happy about that and I only got to take 4 pictures before she jumped away from my son and ran in the house. Luckily, everyone was actually looking at the camera in one picture so I think I'm going to use that one. The kids got a big kick out of this one with the cat sticking out her tongue! Wouldn't you know it, I got both kids to look at the camera, sit still and smile nicely and the darn cat has to go and stick out her tongue!

Black Friday

Well, I got up at 5:15 this morning and headed out to shop! I avoided Best Buy and WalMart so it wasn't too bad. I got a really great deal on a gift for Chris, but I can't post about it until after christmas! I hope he likes it! I ended up getting everything I went out for. My Christmas shopping is almost done. I have 1 or 2 more things to pick up for the kids and that's it. Yeah! Then I can start wrapping. I love wrapping!

My Review of Bolt

We went to see Bolt after lunch on Thanksgiving. That's kind of a tradition we have...take the kids to the movies on Thanksgiving afternoon. Anyway, the movie was really cute. It was no Toy Story, but still a good movie. I didn't get bored watching it and it was a nice family movie to take the kids to...no potty language or overdone rudeness like so many PG movies can be. (There was a scene with dogs sniffing each other that could have been left out, if you ask me. But it wasn't too bad.) Anyway, if you are thinking of seeing it go ahead, it gets 2 thumbs up from me!

Garden Room

My daughter told me when we move she wants a garden room. So, I bought some stuff about a year ago for it. (I hit a great 75% off summer clearance at Hobby Lobby!) Well, I kept waiting for us to move, but with this lovely housing market our house never sold. So, I told Claire I'd put the garden stuff in her current room. I finally got around to doing it. Here is a picture. I have more stuff and more ideas, but I just used what would work in this room right now. Her headboard is made to look like a fence so she loved the flowers growing out from behind it. It turned out cute and she is really enjoying her "garden room"!

Black Friday Deals

As I said before, I am a bargain hunter. My favorite part about Thanksgiving is the black Friday sales the next day! Here is a website that publishes all of the ads ahead of time. I use this every year to start planning my purchases. That way I don't buy things that will be on sale before they go on sale or I can buy things that I know won't be on sale that day. For example, this last week Target ran the big tubs of legos on sale for $10 each. My daughter wants these for Christmas and since I already know no one will have them on sale on Black Friday, I picked them up.

http://www.blackfriday.info/

A Little About Me:

My name is Aimee and I am a homeschooling mom in Arlington, Texas. This is my first attempt at a blog. I have several friends who blog so I have finally decided to give it a try.

My kids are 6 and almost 11. I have homeschooled my 11 year old son, Nathan since Kindergarten. He is now in 6th grade. My daughter, Claire is in Kindergarten this year and I homeschool her as well. They both have completely different learning styles so all of those things I did with Nathan don't really work with Claire! Wouldn't you know it! So, I have kinda started from scratch with her. I love homeschooling. The schedule is perfect and I get to go on all the field trips! We try to have lots of fun while learning too. The kids really retain more of the information if they enjoy the process of learning it.

I have been married to Chris for 12 years now. We met while attending Texas Tech. Go Red Raiders! I like to scrapbook (when I can find the time) and I am a big bargain hunter. I also love to plan parties. I'll have to post some of my party ideas soon!