some christmas tidbits.

Y'all may be really ready for Christmas to come and go over here on my blog!

I said it last year, and I'll say it again... it's not always traditions, hot chocolate, 

and cozy memories happening at Casa de Tichenor. But, I sure do love this time of year 

and I relish every opportunity to make special memories with my little boys.  

Speaking of hot chocolate... have you all TASTED THIS AMAZINGNESS?!

My sweet friend Ambre surprised me with it last week and I'm in love.

In love with a can of hot chocolate. Yep. It's true.

Miles and I are spending LOTS of time in our Christmas pajama pants these days. 

Mostly because I've been spending lots of time making Reindeer Pillows!
It's been SO fun and such an unexpected blessing.
There's still time to order in plenty of time for Christmas.
I have a small stock on hand ready to ship, with more being made every day!
You can visit my new etsy shop Eleven One Designs to order.
{click the button in the right hand column and you'll go straight there}.

 We took our bitties to go see Santa over the weekend. I wasn't sure how Slade would do.

He's the jolliest little guy ever-- but he's not so much a fan of random strange men. 

The line wasn't terrible... 

but it was just long enough that corralling the monkeys became quite interesting.

Carson hopped right up on Santa's lap and smiled. Slade was NOT thrilled with the idea.

 The "official" Santa photo of 2011...

Carson very thoughtfully told Santa what he wanted for Christmas.

"A race track. A monster truck. A race track. Vehicles."

 After Santa, we made a quick stop where Carson found the cutest car ornament and Slade crashed.

 That night, we cozied up in Christmas jammies and got out the first few days of Christmas books 

to read. I made a Christmas Funfetti Cake which was far more distracting exciting than storytime.

 

... and the best part of the evening... watching Slade stretch with everything that he had 

to try to get to the cake in the center of the table. We ended up not reading ANY books 

and just settling for Funfetti to keep the troops happy.  

 May all of your Christmas memories be Funfetti flavored. 

In case you missed it yesterday, be sure to check out Oh What Fun It Is To... Preview! 

to see the exciting holiday blog link up coming up next week!

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