1200 POSTS BY CHRISTMAS 2009

[Noel+]

Candy where do I find the Christmas Leanin Tree catalog? Sounds great!

[Jodie]

Hello Christmas buddies,

How is everyone, I hope well and feeling Christmassy.

Life has been pretty overwhelming these past few months but I am back now and I can make some time to visit my favourite forum.

Christmassy Cheer to everyone

[ksrjreed]

Just found out that my youngest starts kindergarten next Friday. I don't know if my wife or myself are ready for this, it's our youngest, our last child and he is starting school, and it is somewhat depressing, the only thing that is making me happy is all the new kindergarten Christmas crafts that I will have as well as his first ever christmas program.

[CandyKane]

Noel---Here's a link to request their paper catalog.http://www.leanintree.com/RequestCatalog.aspx Of course you can always view the catalog online but then you wouldn't get that great free Christmas card. Their products really are nice and very good quality. I order from them every year.

[CandyKane]

Jodie--So glad to see you back. Christmas All Year hasn't been the same without you.

ksrjreed--We're still 3 years away from kindergarten and I already hate thinking about it. Maybe homeschooling not such a bad idea after all.....

[Noel+]

Noel---Here's a link to request their paper catalog.http://www.leanintree.com/RequestCatalog.aspx Of course you can always view the catalog online but then you wouldn't get that great free Christmas card. Their products really are nice and very good quality. I order from them every year.

THANKS so much CandyKane! I ordered my catalog and look forward to perusing each page!

Jodie it is awesome to have you back at CAY! You've been missed!!

And ksrjreed- we all feel that way the day a child walks out to school! It gets better when you see their shining faces excited from the experience!

[Mrs.Claus]

Jodie - great to see you again! I, too, had a bit of "real life" take hold of me, but I'm back too. I'm wanting to make Christmas All Year part of my real life - wish me luck.

ksrjreed - the first day/week of Kindergarten can be tough on the parents, but you'll so love watching your last little one grow up.

[Noel+]

Mrs. C so glad to read you'll be posting more at CAY now that summer is waning. Autumn is the big lead up to our Christmas celebrations at CAY and we need you!

[Jodie]

Another freezing day down under... Makes you want to bake Christmas goodies... Maybe I will

Thanks for the warm welcome back - I have really missed the cheer from CAY... It feels wonderful to be back

[Noel+]

Jodie, I'd be happy to send you some 110F if you send me some chill!!!!!

[mistletoe misfit]

Glad to see you back here at Christmas All Year Jodie.
Are you in the middle of winter now?
Even though we are in the middle of a heat wave, I have been craving my favourite Christmas drink, eggnog .

[ksrjreed]

It has actually started to feel like summer here, we have went all summer without a 90 degree day and now we have had about three in a row, not suppose to last long though, with the cool temps we have had this summer it makes me wonder will the cool summer temps make my fall and winter cooler and hopefully give us a white Christmas.

[Mrs.Claus]

I was at Michael's the other day and they have started to put out a few of their Christmas decorations. I'm looking for a cute but not too difficult cross stitch stocking to make for my youngest. I'm almost done one I started for my oldest 2 years ago - I kind of left it for about a year and didn't do any stitching, but now I'm back at it.

[Noel+]

Oh, I'm glad you reminded me to check out Michael's soon, Mrs. C. Their Christmas items fly out the door the day they are stocked here!

Do you crewel? I love it!

[Merry Sage]

I can't get over how quickly the year is going by! I've started looking at Advent calenders in one of the early Christmas catalogues I have. I need to decide which one to get.

[Stephanie]

I went to Michael's today and took some pictures with my camera phone. So, they are a little blurry.

The Christmas ribbon was out:


There were a few odds and ends on one row:

Even the Christmas yarn was out:

[Merry Sage]

Holy cow! Great photos Steph. You could go seriously nuts buying Christmas stuff there. Hummm....mini trees, teddy bears, tiny decorations.....

[Pretjah]

well

it's that time of year again where my mind starts to wonder and think about christmas time! and decorations and everything else

on a side note i know 100% that i don't need a paternity test to be assured that my oldest(natural) daughter is mine-- she's 4 and on friday she asked me if she could watch christmas vacation....(not that paternity was ever in quesiton jsut saying! lol)

[CandyKane]

Glad to see you again Pretjah

Isn't it wonderful to see our great love of Christmas being shared by our kids. My dd loves watching Christmas shows with me. Right now her favorite one is Shrek the Halls. It's one of the only things that she will watch completely. We also have the Sesame Street Christmas episode collection. We watch it all the time.

[Noel+]

Thanks for posting the snapshots, Stephanie. It certainly puts me in a Christmasy mood -- and I need ribbons!