Monday, December 6, 2010

Transforming to Christmas

I don't know what others do, but I empty my shelves and replace everything with a Christmas theme.  I can't wait to get the tree!
Some people may call me cheap, but I choose to call myself smart and frugal.  Everything on this shelf was a gift at some point.

Yes I have changed this around already, the bear has a picture of me when I was a little girl.

These are my ceramic snowmen.  A gift quite a few years ago.

I put my swag on my lamp.  I seen it in a magazine.

Peters sister gave me this a couple of yrs ago.

No real theme here.

The card is from one of the cookie parties.  I love it.  I have our very first Christmas picture together, and all three of my children.

My ceramic Christmas tree Peter gave me probably 25 yrs ago.  Jen gave me the angels, I love them.  I left my star just because it reminded me of a Christmas star.

I took my glass dish and took the rocks off of it and replaced them with some beads and candles and threw in a couple of fake flowers that glow in the dark.

I am quite proud of my Dickens villiage.  I got the whole thing at a yard sale for $10.  Normally I wouldn't pay that high price, but I thought it was a real deal. haha.

They all light up.

I first spotted these in a magazine last week.  Place cards holders, I was so excited when I was at Stokes on the weekend and they actually had some!

Fun with my grandsons

We have two grandchildren, and they love coming to grammie and grampies house.  We get lots of hugs and kisses.  Who knew you could love anyone as much as you love your own children.  But wait until your grandchildren arrive.  Jen brings Morgan up to our little community church to go to Sunday school.  They get a visit at grammies because it is on the way by.  So we decided to make some rice krispie squares, and do they ever like to get right in there and help out.

Cole got a hair cut from grammie before we got started.  But I think he needs to go to the hair dresser next time.

Morgan getting in from Sunday school.

Who's up for making rice krispie squares? ME

We were trying to get 40, grampie had to step in and count, boys were getting in a bit of a hurry.

Melting the margarine.

Morgan found out the pan was hot.

Measuring out the rice krispies.

They make sure they get their turn.

Okay Cole, this is the first time you are allowed around a stove, supervised of course.

Putting the marshmellows in.

The santa oven mitts had to come out.

Pouring them in.

Stir Morg stir!

I was trying to hang on while they unloaded.

A little hard.

I showed them the trick to pressing them down without getting in a mess.  You rinse your hands under cold water, and go to it.  They liked that part.

Grammie trying not to give orders.

The look of satisfaction.

And to taste test the finished product.  What do you think Cole?  Ticky, he says, ticky grammie :)