holly jolly! [and chilly willy!]

so, hey! guess what? it's cooold! and the outdoors... man, are they dreary! so, i've been trying to keep it nice and cheery around our little housey here, you know, to keep spirits up and sparkly as we attempt to wrap up our christmas shoppings and get excited for ole santy claus to come! and though this chilly drear is not helping a darn thing (we are seriously susceptible to some seasonal affective disorder around here!! i mean, even the fluffies are feelin' it!), it's safe to say that jump-starting our days with a round of charlie brown christmas on vinyl and a good, heaping pour of chocolate milk in my coffee is juuuuust the medicine to combat my increasing vitamin D deficiency! ;) (okay, don't worry, you know i'm taking my vitamins, too.)
and miss maddalena, oooh, she is surely excited about the holidays! it's been extra fun doing christmas prep with her this year. she's making "lists" for santa, getting extra thrilled at every single bit of christmas-anything in every store we go in, and really absorbing the details of christmas for the first time. she's learned that christmas is jesus' birthday, that santa's last name is claus, and how to sing a little jingle bells... and it's just juuuust the best thing to be talking about both the important things and the fun things about christmas with her for the very first time! she's also developed quite a healthy affinity for snow globes, which i, of course, love.
so. anyway! what festivities are left on our list before christmas comes?! well...
1. visit santa claus! maybe it'll go better this year? ha! 2. drive through all the lights at the horse park when we head up to lexington 3. make some fudge! 4. watch polar express with maddalena and steven 5. finish christmas shopping and wrap some prezzies!
...the countdown is on! fa la la!