The 12 Days of Christmas ...

Okay ... I thought the week started out bad ... you can't even imagine yesterday!

Computer problem city!!!! And I have to have my computer to work ...

Crazy day ...

After several phone calls to Comcast and someone at my job for help, then several trips to the store for different parts ... my computer FINALLY was fixed at 7:20pm last night!!!!

Yep ... very frustrating ...

Anyhoo ... just one of those things ... just not a good week for "one of those things" to happen!

Oh well ... LIFE

So ... yesterday we started "12 days of Christmas" at our house ...

Our version ... consists of 12 small presents under the Dining Room tree (this tree is really just for decor ... all our Christmas presents are under the big tree in the Bonus Room)

Each day (count down to Christmas) ... LeAnna gets to choose a gift from under the tree to open! Boy is she having fun!!!! They are very small items ... but ... it's exciting getting to actually open a present!

December 1st we had presents under the tree ... and she was moping around, acting all sad ... she just couldn't stand the fact that there were presents, wrapped, and sitting! Curiosity was killing her!!!! That's how I came up with this little 12 days of Christmas thing ...

AND ... it's SO nice to watch her open ONE gift and sit and actually play with it, admire it ... and then sit and wonder what are in all the other presents! Christmas morning ... she usually opens one, and puts it aside and opens the next ... a bit overwhelming on Christmas morning ...

So for her to be able to enjoy each gift, even though they're small ... it's nice.

If she could "handle it" ... it would be nice to just let her open up a present everyday until Christmas and then only have one left to open on Christmas morning ... not sure if she would go for that!!!!

We've also started singing "on the first day of Christmas my Mommy gave to me ..." and her goal is to remember from day to day what she opened ... so on Christmas we can sing all 12 days, hopefully from memory!

Exciting ...

happy days ... tammy