i'm officially ready for all kinds of

holiday goodness!!
today i did some shopping for a very special husby's presents
and i am so excited.
i think my favorite part of any holiday
is thinking up things to get the people that i love.
thinking of the things that would make them most happy
to receive.
and, of course, at the top of that list is my most favorite husb.
(not that he has any competition)
we also (finally!) took our family picture for our holiday cards.
SO EXCITED!!
some girls, when they are young, want ponies.
some want to meet rainbow brite.
(and yes, some wish every year on their birthday to meet
rainbow brite.
every. year.)
but aside from that, i always wanted to have holiday photo cards.
mostly because they are my favorite cards to get in the mail.
and also because i happen to have a family that i LOVE showin off!
so that is in the works. i just ordered them so i'll be sending them off as soon as possible.
keep an eye out :)
also, next weekend we are going to get our tree!!
DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT??
look, i'm a girl who LOVES christmas.
i love santa.
i love reindeer.
i love christmas lights.
i love ornaments.
i love wrapping paper.
and i loooove cuddling up with hot apple cider and exchanging gifts.
this year is a bit extra special because
it's the first year in our new home and i just know our tree
will look glorious.
one glitch: no fireplace.
no fireplace=no chimney.
see where i'm goin with this?
well, i've already been thinking about how to adapt the santa story
for our someday-children who will be smart and inquisitive
and wonder how the heck they're gonna get their presents
without a chimney for santa to slide down.
i haven't come up with anything really awesome yet so...

my assignment to you...

leave me a comment detailing how santa leaves gifts when he must forgo the chimney.

whoever leaves the best answer will be forever immortalized in my household as well as glamourously mentioned in a following blog.

GOOD LUCK!!

...and good night...