Christmas Survey

Welcome to the Christmas Edition of Getting To Know Your Family and Friends!
You know the drill. Get to bloggin'.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I only like wrapping paper for Christmas,; bags are OK for birthdays, etc.
2. Real tree or Artificial? Prefer real but we now have artificial.
3. When do you put up the tree? It's already up.
4. When do you take the tree down? After New Years Day
5. Do you like eggnog? Sometimes
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Belle stuffed dog (Snoopy's girlfriend)
7. Hardest person to buy for? All adults
8. Easiest person to buy for? Kids
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Any and all knickknacks.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Early November
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Cookies
16. Lights on the tree? White
17. Favorite Christmas song? I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas (never had one).
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home. The only time I wasn't home for Christmas was on my honeymoon
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? Yes
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? A star
21. Presents on Christmas Eve or morning? Christmas morning with a present of new pajamas on Christmas Eve to be worn that night.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Not enough time to everthing I want to do.
23. Favorite Ornament theme or color? None
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Love my sweet potatoes.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I want every child to have a present to open on Christmas morning.

Thanksgiving Songs

At Costas' school the kids sang some Thanksgiving songs. Here is video of one song.

Metropolitan Museum

We went to the re-opening of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. There were some nice exhibits, but it was a little small to me. I snagged a picture of Costas in front of this cool feathered dinosaur before being told that there were no pictures allowed in the museum. I can take pictures at the Louvre, but not at our local art museum. Umm, OK.

A Day At The Park

VOTE

If you haven't already, go vote now!!! I waited in line for less tan 3 minutes and I took the kids with me. It was so quick and easy.

Trick or Treat

We had a great time trick-or-treating. Costas was a king, and then he changed his mind and became a knight (the costume was reversible). He did a good job saying "trick-or-treat" and "thank you," although one time he said, "I don't like this candy" to the people who gave it to him. We quickly had a lesson in saying thank you even if you don't like what was given to you. After that, he did fine. Actaeos enjoyed looking at the decorations and later fell asleep in his stroller.

Random Photo Tag

Open your photo program and choose the 6th file and then the 6th picture and see what you get.
This is what I got:



It's from December 2005.

New Background

I was so tired of the purple background but I didn't want to change it because it is a hassle to save all the settings. I found this the website The Cutest Blog On The Block and it was so easy to change the layout. Now I change it for holidays too!