A Seaman Christmas 2012

Well, Christmas has once again come and gone and this morning the roads looked yucky so we decided not to risk it so the order of the day was to do nothing for a change and watch movies (Disney) of course, eat and eat and eat. So, here's just a little glimpse of the last three days!

Last Thursday, Sofia and Raquel had an early school release so I treated them to Chick Fil A. You can tell Raquel was super happy.

 On Sunday, John and the girls decided to decorate a gingerbread house and of course they were more than excited because it was candy decorations.

They paused several times to lick lick lick.

This is going to be a yearly tradition.

John did pretty good, as always!

Then I came with this crazy idea of "hey, I got some sprinklers, what do you think!" and this mess was created.

At the end, there was icing left over and I had another bright idea. 

Everyone was beyond happy.

Christmas Eve with the Dunn family! Always amazing!

Then on Christmas Day we got ourselves Snow! So, we went outside!

Six hours later, we got ourselves 2 inches of snow! 

I feel blessed!

And this is the sign of a good time had by all!



I'm Dreaming of a White-Sand Christmas!

I hate Winter. I hate feeling cold. For the life of me, I cannot understand why so many people "wish" for a White Christmas! All I want for Christmas is to pop fireworks and dig my toes in white sand on Christmas day.

One day, God willing, I will celebrate Christmas on a warm place, digging my toes in the sand, and sipping on a refreshing cool drink. Heck, it doesn't have to be white sand, any beach sand will do as long as it is far, far away from winter. Bluh.

Christmas Shopping

O.M.G. I'll start with that and then get dizzy, pale and probably pass out next time I shop at Toys R Us next year.

So, I decided to wait until I was on vacation to Christmas shop for our girls and I chose yesterday (Wednesday) to do so. I went to Target first in the a.m. about an hour and a half before lunch and the store was not buzzing with crazy shoppers but after an hour it seemed that everyone had gathered at the toy section of the store because I could no longer roll my cart inside the aisles, then I proceeded to head to the Electronics section where I also found a lot of people but it was o.k, not crazy just o.k. then after lunch I proceeded to head out to Toys R Us where I found it to be a mad house.

There were absolutely no employees to help you through the maze of toy aisles full with people and with absolutely no clue as to where the toys were located, I found myself going through every single aisle and suddenly, I was sweating and getting dizzy. That was nerve wracking to say the least and only to find out that what I was looking for, once I was at the cashier's was out of stock AND the only store to carry the item was in FRISCO!!!

Which meant that if I wanted to save $50 in this item (Wednesday was the last day of the sale) I needed to make a decision to drive to Frisco. I did. Fortunately for me, that store was not a mad house.

My point is, when you are shopping for toys people can get frantic. I got dizzy and pale. No one was smiling, no one, I take it was happy to be there; I reckon buying toys for your kids can be a happy event but Christmas shopping can throw the jolly out the window.

Just saying. -Sandra.

Christmas Events 2011

Raquel writing her letter to Santa.

Never mind! She's drawing what she wants for Christmas instead! That's got to be a Hello Kitty upside down...

Having breakfast with Santa at our Parish!

Santa stopped by to check how breakfast was. I wanted to say the eggs lacked flavor and salt but I didn't.

Raquel was unfazed by Santa; Sofia turned her quiet and shy self with Santa. 

Forget Santa, Raquel loved the Ginger Man! 

Face painting never fails to impress.

At John's FSG Christmas party! 

This was Sofia's Little Saints Christmas Event

I decided that it was time to trim down Raquel's curls. No matter what put on her hair it was still whacked! 

Sofia went first! She loves Manolo!

Ta-DA! and her curls came back! But at least they are manageable.

Decision time: will the curls disappear or not? BTW: Raquel loved being pampered. I loved that her haircut was free! 

The haircut failed to disappear the curls but tame them! She looks so much like her daddy! 



Reminiscing about the 50's dance...using our daughters as liability...

Now, these two love to dance together; I smell something funny...although Hollis does have some pretty good moves!

Christmas 2010

Christmas season is here and John went out and purchase another tree.

Last year Raquel was barely a month old so this year she was all over the Christmas decorations!

The girls lending a helping hand...Sofia's hair causing havoc!

The final product. We opt out by not putting the Nativity set out this year. I don't want Raquel to break anything.

Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad and Mele Kalikimaka!

Is raining this morning and this afternoon we might get 1 to 3 inches of snow here in Dallas. We might get a White Christmas after all and my camera is all charged up just in case the snow arrives!