Christmastime is here...

Even though it's a ridiculous 70º today (and our cooler keeps kicking on - it's set at 75º...) we are getting very excited for Christmas around here! I would say about 90% of our Christmas shopping is already done, all of our decorations are up, and I've put a few wrapped presents under the tree. Jeremy wonders what I'm going to do when everything is completely done and Christmas is still 2 weeks away. But it's only -3- weeks away right now. SO exciting!
Here is our little elf modeling the Santa hat that just barely fits her. It goes to a Christmassy outfit we got on clearance back before we even had Reilly. Maybe she can wear it the whole outfit to church on Christmas. :)

 Here's some of what we were up to Saturday. It was actually fairly cold that day, but Jeremy was still excited to put up lights on our balcony since we found out it -wasn't- against the rules, like we thought.

I still have several projects to work on. These horses I sort of started last year, hoping to get them done before Christmas. I realized it wasn't going to happen though (early Christmas Eve) and that R & J were already getting way too much as it was, so I put them off until this year. Of course now Katy is old enough that she would definitely feel slighted if she didn't have one too, so I'm just getting started on hers. Reilly's is almost done, except for a few finishing touches. Jaina's is getting there. I really need to get going on Katy's, and find a stick for it. We are enjoying December, though! :)