November socials

So I am SO behind on blogging- my computer died and well...I'm not sure how much longer it will live! I need to get an external hard-drive and free up some space on the computer before it's brain bust! :)

So...November is a month that I really don't change things up, in fact we do the same thing every year in our class! An annual Potluck Thanksgiving Dinner, which is always a HUGE success! The very first one we ever did was in our craftsman's style home, which was very small, but cozy and we transformed the living room into a "dinning hall"! The second one we did was at the Richard's house, which is a very spacious and perfectly decorated with place settings! The third one we did in the church cafeteria area because our class was busting out of the seems in folks homes! That was not my favorite place to do it because it wasn't cozy, the kiddos didn't have toys to keep them busy, but it worked for the time! Note to self: if you do have to do it somewhere like that please make sure to stress to the parents of kiddos to bring toys with them! Everyone was well behaved, but you can only stay so long and visit and then kiddos "find" things to do...This year we hosted it at our house! We have truly been blessed with our home- it isn't too big and it isn't too small- just right: a playroom and a very open concept, plus kinda central to all! I decided that afternoon about two hours before everyone arrived to move our living room furniture into the dinning room and set up a family friendly eating area! We had several couples bring folding tables and chairs and set those up and was pretty much able to get everyone into one room! Well...some kiddos were still running around in the playroom, which looked like Disney spit up in! It was so much fun, very COZY, people visited, people ate, and people laughed!

Now...what we do is our class budget takes care of the turkeys and then everyone else brings their favorite side dish, which amazingly works out perfect every year! So don't stress you won't have enough, because you've got your "growing" food (turkey) and then a bunch of really good side dishes from bread to pumpkin pie and green bean casserole!

Happy Thanksgiving and gobble gobble up some good ole fashion fun- just sitting around the table and chatting with those you share life with, LOVE!

Christmas- what?

My personality is to be a rule follower- that's just the way I am, so with that said I have always waited till the day after Thanksgiving to put up my decorations, but so many of my friends did this weekend and I'm calling them crazy, but also jealous cause I kinda want to, but I can't because of my OWN RULE!

BUT one thing that can't wait till after I give respect to the turkey is ordering my Christmas cards, because who doesn't love getting them that first weekend afterwards to jump start the season! Me! Me! Me! So go check out my super talented friend that designs cards from Christmas to wedding invitations, Little Bears Designs, and order away! OVER the TOP customer service and quality that you can't pass up! Also, she is having a giveaway that ends TONIGHT, so check out her blog for details and who knows you could win some FREE cards, but more than that you'll be introduced to a Mommy that loves her kiddos and designing cards!