Christmas Card Photo Reject #3 and other stuff

That Annie...she just makes me laugh. The big girls were cooperating but Banannie wasn't having any of it. Still, so stinking cute. And no, we're not having a charismatic moment there. I love it for *me* but friends who rarely see your kids want to see their faces, and full on is best if you ask me. My sister and I have had this conversation - when she got a picture of some friends' kids looking out at the ocean. A great 'mom' shot, an awesome scrapbook page photo, but not a good idea for your family Christmas card if you ask me. And yes, by reading my blog you DID ask me, as a matter of fact. ;)

I've got to get on the stick with birthday party planning. I'm totally dragging my feet. I imagine I'll be at Party City on the afternoon of Annie's party trying to buy all the paper goods because I'm so not in the party mood. My SIL's mom is going to make the cake. Yippee. Susan makes great cakes. We're going with the Pink & Black polka dot theme - and Annie is wearing a sweater with pink & black polka dots on it.

Elizabeth wants another Princess party. Since most of the people who will be invited to her Princess party will be at Annie's party, I think we're going to do scrolls and hand deliver them. She'll be all over that. She wanted to do something like what I did last year; but since my family has bailed on me in doing Family Craft Days, I haven't had an opportunity to get anything like them done. The entire invitation was handmade, got the idea from DIY Network. The invites were printed on white parchment looking card stock, I printed seals with little crowns on them to be the seals, the "flaps" were purple. We mailed them like that, I'm not sure why DIY shows that lined envelope as part of the same project.

The Jermain Taylor fight should be on in just a few minutes...I'm ready. The sooner it's over, the sooner my husband gets home. We've had a busy day today. We have a busy day tomorrow.