Christmas Comes to Kirklin

Clean the house, get the laundry well underway and get along! A mental checklist of things to do in order to get early gift opening privileges from Mom. They complied: the bickering ceased, the washer and dryer was humming and the house was orderly in no time (amazing what can be accomplished with a "carrot" dangling in front of their faces :)

The two younger girls had a mostly "build a bear" Christmas, which sure made for easy shopping for a sick, pregnant mom. Britnee's gifts were electronics and hair accessories.

MY favorite gift were these and I cannot wait to wear flaunt them in Michigan :)

Bows Bigger than Their Buns

Okay, that title is a little inside joke but the other day while shopping at Target, Kerrigan saw these bows that were HUGE and she immediately decided that she needed one to top her gift to Uncle Lauren. I looked at the five dollar price tag and decided it probably wasn't an absolute necessity.

A few days later, I stopped in at the Dollar Tree to pick up tissue paper and saw that they had the same size bows for $1...a little - okay, a lot - easier to swallow. I grabbed three of them figuring that Britnee and Janae would most definitely feel left out if they didn't have one for Liz's and Shamu's gifts. Kerrigan was estatic as were the other two girls. These are just so much fun!

After I took the photo I realized that you would not get the full effect of the size even if I told you the box it tops was a boot box. So I decided to give you a more visual comparison. The red bow below is sitting on a dinner plate. Now go get one out of your cupboard and be amazed :)

One of My Favorite Parts...

...of the Christmas season