A great day!

Today was a great day! The weather was so nice!  It was a little chillier than yesterday, but still very beautiful and enjoyable.  One of the first things on my to do list today was making a trip over to Corey's school book fair.  At school they have a chance to write down what books they would like or are interested in and then bring the list home for the parents to look over.  I appreciate that the paper is small and not much space for a long list :).  I do see books as very important and I don't think children can ever have too many books.  Some of Corey's favorite books are along this theme of dinosaurs love underpants and aliens love underpants.  They are quite funny and we were able to add to that collection today.

Here is Corey's new book!  Aliens in underpants save the world!

He is pretty happy to have another of these silly books!  They are funny and we laugh a lot when we read them.                

After school today and homework was done, I made some amazingly delicious cranberry orange muffins!  The recipe called for fresh cranberries!  The picture does not do the muffins justice.  I already ate one before I took this picture and now I have eaten a second one.  Corey had one with his dinner also.  I am sure there will be one going in his lunch box tomorrow as well.

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With it still being quite sunny and beautiful out in December, I thought now would be a perfect time to post a picture of the beautiful front door mat my mother in law and her sister sent us last week.  I had no idea it was coming.  It was a wonderful surprise!  They had sent it as a house warming gift!  It was so very thoughtful and I just love it!

I am really appreciating living in a real house.  It is so expensive to live here and although there are plenty of people whom I know that live in single family homes, there are a ton of town homes here that families live in.  I love having our own space and this house suits us quite well.  The neighborhood is small, but friendly and Corey has a hand full of friends to play with.


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And did you notice?  Our grass is still green in December!

Blessings to you all and hoping that your day was great too and I am curious, what are some of the foods that you love having during the Christmas season?  Some sort of cranberry orange bread is a craving of mine and now it has been satisfied.