Princess parties, Christmas Decorating, First snow fall & a new TV! !

Well hello there!

It has been a busy week for us over here. Last Sunday Adam put our new fancy LCD TV we just bought in our living room. Since then he has been on cloud nine watching his sports & anything with animals. So now this means I have to watch more football than I really would like to. BUT I do have to admit it does look really cool to see it so clear now. On our to-do list is finding a t.v. stand we like. Right now it is sitting on our coffee table and it is getting really annoying not having anywhere to put our drinks/bowl of ice cream/feet, etc. on when we are in the living room. I would like to thank my in-laws for contributing generously towards the t.v. and my mother for giving us money for the t.v. stand as our Christmas gift this year. Thank you mom, John & Debbie! That was a very generous gift to us and it will get lots of use.

Over the course of the week I have been doing my Christmas decorating in our home mainly because I don't have time to do it all in one day like I used to. It is coming together and I will post pictures once it is all complete. The good thing is that our smaller tree that is in our picture window provides plenty of entertainment for Elias. He can't get enough of looking at the lights. I have to admit I put him right in front of that tree sometimes so I can get things done when I need to. This tree may never come down! hahaha..

Here are some pics of Eli enjoying the lights-

Then this past Saturday Eli and I made the trip up to my sisters house for my niece Melina's 5th birthday party. Melina is all into princesses at this stage in her life so the theme was princess everything. My sister did an awesome job of turning her fireplace into a castle and made a princess throne for Melina and her friends to sit in for pictures. The throne was made out of fabric from my old prom dress & one of Tammy's bridesmaid dresses. Tammy is very crafty, she even made my niece's birthday cake which looked awesome and of course it included Princess Tiana from the new Disney movie. I have never seen so many little princesses in one place, I can't get over how many little girls are into the Disney princess thing. I guess it is hard to think it when I look back on my childhood and I was the tomboy...my uniform was overalls and puma sneakers. Oh yeah and I ruined all my sister's barbies by taking the heads off and chewing on their plastic feet. Sorry Tammy!!

So here are some pictures from the party, I had to bring Eli out for this party because it is his cousin after all and the the guy to girl ratio was to his favor!

My neice Melina, I can't beleive she is 5 years old already!

My sister Tammy's FAB cake, I was very impressed, it was so yummy!

Our ride home wasn't so pleasant it was snowing but it wasn't sticking while in Mass. Once we entered CT I noticed there was some accumulation and when we got home we had a few inches on the ground. It was our official first snowfall for CT. I hope we get snow like we did last year the day before our Christmas party, it made the house look so cozy & decorated just perfectly with a fresh blanket of snow! Here are some pics of the outside of our home from last year. I am keeping my fingers crossed this year that we get snow the day before our party again!


Our home December 2008

Tree in our backyard we put lights on, I love it with snow all over it!

Living room, this year we will be adding another stocking for Eli :)

One last thing...I came down with a nasty cold this past Monday so I am feeling yucky and run down. Can't wait for this to pass. Ugh!! The good thing is so far Eli is only sneezing and his nose is a bit stuffy but not as much as mine, I hope he comes through this quickly too. Here is a picture of the little guy in his winter snow suit today, he is overall happy for being a little under the weather!