Now the trick will be to actually get them to people!
Have you ordered your Christmas cards yet?? Christmas cards are one of my favorite things to get in the mail and I have a VERY hard time throwing them away. I already got a few, but I had a hard time choosing which one. I got ours from Shutterfly's wide variety of options, but I couldn't decide which style to choose, so I picked three:
This girlie is cute, but naturally, I think our pumpkin was cuter on the card. :)
Have fun ordering your cards! I hope we're on your list!!
So, obviously Sophia will not really know that Christmas is going on. She will only notice that we’re having a fun day with a lot of goings-on, even so, I still want her to have a great Christmas. I know that’s not about gifting, etc., but I do really like giving gifts and it’s so fun to see kids rip open their presents.
SO, the solution is to spoil Sophia, with restraint (I’m TRYING!), but to do it on a budget.
Have you met Rody?? This is Rody – it’s a cute little horse made of durable, inflated vinyl. The kiddo gets to hold onto Rody’s ears and bounce up and down. Sophia plays with one when I have her with me at work and LOVES it. On a whim, I looked for one on Craigslist and found just one result, which happened to be pink for $20. Since they typically sell for $50 new, this is a great deal! And it’s sizable, and it’s fun to give a BIG gift for a lower price!
Sophia LOVES my Camelback water bottle, so I’ve been wanting to get one for her for a while. I saw an old friend at a wedding a while back. He works for Target as a buyer in the sporting goods department and hinted that Target would be carrying them soon. Well, I kept looking for them, and now they’re here, plus the first week they were at Target, they were on sale for about $5 less than usual. I snatched one up and started a pile for Sophia’s stocking.
Moral of the stories?
Whether you are trying to save money, have a limited Christmas budget, or you would just rather spend less than full price on the same things you are planning to buy anyway, you can end up spending far less on Christmas than you’d think. All you need to do is spend a little of your time looking around and think ahead about what you’d like to gift to people.
We’ve gotten many items on Craigslist, brand new, for up to half the price you’d pay in store (more on that later…). Take a look around – you may end up with a little wiggle room in your budget or a bit of extra cash in your wallet.
We started out Halloween with church and then some time at the zoo. Sophia was much more brave than her mommy and touched a snake!
There is a hollowed out log at the zoo along one of the trails that Sophia really loved running through!
Sophia was a bumblebee this year – I’m obviously biased, but she was the CUTEST little bee you’ve ever seen! She even learned to say “bum-ba-bee.” That’s right – THREE syllables! 
Check out that stinger!! 
We went to a Pumpkin Patch party with some friends at Calvary Baptist Church in Roseville. She sat still for a face painting – amazing! 
The entire basement of the church was dedicated to trick-or-treating and a few carnival games. Sophia did such a good job –she walked up to the people with the candy and stood there until they dropped the candy in, then walked away. 
Checkin’ out the goods
Most of the games were meant for kids a little bit older than Sophia, but she was able to participate in a couple and got a few small prizes. 
We tried SO hard to get a picture of Sophia and Anna together, but this was the best we could get. 
The petting zoo outside was, by far, her favorite part. She did her best to climb into the pens with the goats and llamas! 
Her very first trick-or-treat house! We only went to three, but it was so much fun to watch her be such a big girl! (And, we’re pretty excited about her candy stash!) 
We had so much fun with our cute little bee this year – I can’t wait to see her be even more into Halloween next year! 
We started the day with Starbucks and breakfast, not made my myself(!) and cute earrings given to me by "Sophia."
Next was Sophia's dedication at church, followed by lunch with family.
We even got a picture with Sophia, myself, her two grandmothers and one great-grandmother. A perfect shot for Mother's Day!
Later in the day I got to go to a movie for free with another mom friend and then spent the rest of the night with Dan and Sophia.
Who couldn't have a perfect Mother's Day with this perfect girl for a daughter!
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