Already looking ahead to the boys’ Holiday Parties at school.  Yes, there will be Christmas Bingo!  (And if someone steps up with the goods, maybe even Chanukkah Bingo.  You never know.)  M&M’s will be used as place markers.  I plan on giving each kid a few extras, so that a sudden chocolate urge doesn’t keep them from victoriously belting out Bingo!

We drove up to my mom’s house today, picking up my grandma on the way, for a little tree-decorating/pre-birthday extravaganza.  I did most of the decorating (and Mom did most of the cooking), but I think my grandma enjoyed unwrapping the ornaments and admiring them on the tree.  We had her watching Harry Potter too!  She’ll be eighty-eight next Saturday!

Here’s a shot of my mom’s mantel. 

I’m enjoying this little photo advent calendar.  Keeps Christmas in my mind everywhere I go, because I’m always on the lookout for a holiday photo op!
Now I just need to get my own tree up and decorated!

Today I was a helper at my friend’s daughter’s Christmas-themed birthday.  There was cookie cutter baking and decorating, Christmas karaoke, an ornament craft, hot chocolate, and a Christmas-themed obstacle course.  I was in charge of the obstacle course.  But today’s picture is the cookie supplies before the girls descended.