Christmas Countdown Day 19...I Want A Duck For Christmas..

My son loves Thomas the train he has really gotten into him the past few months, of course once he gets into something I think he needs everything that has ever been made for since the beginning of time.. So my story begins kmart has a 50% off of their clearance prices on the toys and I went down there and go everything thomas I could find (those are from Santa).. Then I got him a few things from his us too (cause that is how it goes) mostly elmo things cause he loves him too... Thought I did very well he was going to love what Santa got him then we saw Santa at the mall and when he asked my son what he wanted I automatically thought he would say Thomas but no he said "I wan a tickle duck"... Now what is a tickle duck you ask I have no idea there are no new toys like that and I have not seen any commericals for toy like that so guess I am just going to have to look for some kind of duck cause I want him to have what he asked Santa for.. Kids throw you curve balls all the time you just have to go with it nothing is ever perfect especially when you have a child that is old enough to voice his opinion...

Countdown To Christmas Day 20....Thrifty Thursday 11/29/12-12/12/05/12 With A Special Guest!!...

11/30/12-Goodwill trip-prim pillow .95, burgundy star .55, basket candle ring .55, rocket ship toy .95 (most annoying toy ever!!!) , thomas book .50 (still plays music) and monkey toy .55 (my dog was sniffing the items so her nose is in the pic too)....

12/03/12-Goodwill trip-elmo puzzle 1.55 (now this is going to be a lesson for me which I already knew better but my son wanted that puzzle so bad.. It is missing 2 pieces so my advice is if it is not put together count the pieces before you buy), small chair .95, sandals 2.00, bag of thomas track .55(which of course my son has gotten a hold of so there is one piece to show you what it is), clifford books (he got 3) thomas book .50 a piece and a doggie priceless (she has been in the last couple of photos I swear these were taken two different days, she just wants to say hi)..

Christmas Countdown Day 21...Santa Is My Best Fwiend!!!...

In the previous post Hi Santa I go into detail about how my son was petrified of Santa for the past couple of years.. Now he is obsessed with him every where we go he will ask me where Santa is, it is too cute!! So he went to the mall a couple of weeks ago which has already been documented but last weekend we went to another mall and he got to see him there too.. He also got a letter from him and a phone call earlier this week and he was so excited about it.. It came from packagefromsanta.com I highly recommend them I got all of that for 12.00 and that included shipping so it is well worth it, they ask you a few questions so it can be personalized and they also have other neat items that you can purchase but since he is still small I just went with the letter/phone call and also he gets a personalized video which he has not seen yet (I am waiting for the week of Christmas for that).. Right after his phone call he walked over to his pics with Santa and said "momma I wuv Santa Cwause, he is my best fwiend" how cute is that.. So I am so glad he is over his fear and Santa is a good thing to him now Christmas is a lot better when Santa is involved!!!

This is the balloon he got for seating on Santa's lap he also got an elf finger puppet which he almost lost a thousand times before we left the mall... The pic below is of his letter from Santa!!

Christmas Countdown Day 22...Stocking Stuffer Ideas!!!...

My son is 3 so I don't do expensive things in his stocking just some simple toys and some candy my husband usually ends up eating the candy (except for the suckers) but I put it in there anyways.. I got the items from walmart, kmart, dollar general and dollar tree all are excellent places to find cute cheap stuffers.. Wanted to give some ideas cause they sell out pretty quickly and this stuff is really cute!! So here are all the things I got for his stocking this year..

He really likes suckers they are his fave candy so I got a lot of different kinds (also there will be candy canes they are not pictured) ring pops (4 pack 1.00 walmart), tootsie roll pops (1.00 walmart), 2 push pops (1.00 a piece walmart) and the cutest the rudolph and abominable snowman face suckers (1.29 a piece k-mart).. Then there is a mini reese cup candy cane (2.00 walmart), reese piece candy cane (1.00 walmart), container of m&m minis (1.00 walmart) and angry birds (yes he is obsessed with angry birds) gummies (1.00 a pack walmart)..

Then there are the toys santa puzzle (.97 walmart), litte sponges you can grow (walmart .97), 2 small rubber ducks (.97 walmart), bigger rubber duck (1.00 dollar general), 2 angry bird lip balms (1.00 a piece dollar general), light up tree (1.00 dollar general), set of 4 jumpers (.97 walmart), 4 small yo-yo's (come in pack of 8 for .97 walmart), paddle ball (1.00 dollar tree), walking santa (1.00 dollar tree) and bendable santa (comes in pack with snowman .97 walmart).. I spent around $24.00 on everything in his stocking not bad I usually try to do it for $20 but did not go over by that much.. That is everything for his stocking and I am just hoping it all fits!!!

Christmas Countdown Day 23.. It's A Beautiful Tree For Santa Cwause!!!...

I had this big idea in my head that my Christmas tree this year was going to be all vintage glass ornaments and hand blown glass ornaments with a few ornaments my son could put on there but... We have a tradition to put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving after we have had dinner with my dad or pop-pop as my son calls him.. He started helping me decorate and he loved it so much that he decorated the whole bottom (up to were he could no longer reach) of the tree and I could not take the ornaments off after he worked so hard so I left them and just decorated the top part of the tree with my ornaments.. I have to say it looks way better then it did in my head and I am just glad he loves Christmas as much as his momma!!! After we had finished decorating he said "Momma the twee is so pwetty, it's a bootiful twee for Santa cwause, he will wuv it" this is the first year my son has even liked Santa so I was very surprised.. He makes me laugh everyday and says the funniest off the wall things ever and it makes me so happy that I get to experience this another great memory for me.. So here is our Christmas tree for the 2012 holiday season hope you love it like we do!!!

Here it is all lit up.. I love a colored light tree it is so pretty especially when the lights are off and it is dark outside.. It just gives off a wonderful glow!!

Closer look at some ornaments..

Some of the ornaments belonged to my grandma that has pasted away this is one of them I loved these little birds when she had them on her tree it is nice to have things that belonged to the people you love so you can pass those memories down..

Closer look at more of the ornaments just to give you an idea of what it looked like..

This is a pic to show how my son put his ornaments on the tree he would put them right beside each other it was too cute and I just left them the way they were.. Thanks for going along on our Christmas adventure with us stay tuned for more Christmas related blogs and our countdown to Christmas!!

Christmas Countdown Day 24...Cute and Thrify 11/26/12-12/02/12....

This is not Christmas related but I do different blogs on certain days so I am just including them in my countdown cause they would be posted anyways!! We stayed home pretty much all week it has been really cold so we only went out if we had too so there are only a couple of outfits to share...

11/27/12-gymboree pirate layered shirt (yard sale 1.00), gymboree track pants (yard sale 2.00) and new balance tennis shoes (goodwill 2.00) cost of whole outfit was 5.00 now that is cute and thrifty!!

11/29/12-crazy 8 rock shirt (clearance 3.99), janie and jack button up shirt (going under other shirt) (consignment 2.25), wonder kids patch jeans (consignment 3.50) and new balance tennis shoes (yard sale new 5.00) cost of whole outfit was 12.74 now that is cute and thrifty!!

12/01/12-Carhartt layered shirt (ebay 9.00), old navy carpenter jeans (consignment 5.50) and grey converse tennis shoes (yard sale .50) cost of whole outfit $15.00 now that is cute and thrifty!!

Chritmas Countdown Day 25..It's Begining To Look A Lot Like Christmas!!....

Started early last week decorating for Christmas got the living room done then did the tree over the weekend and hope to have the outside done by this weekend.. I wanted a vintage theme this year I just love anything vintage but especially Christmas decor cause it is so glitter and pretty!! Here are some pics of my decor inside and I will have a seperate post of the tree for you..

This is an old wooden ironing board I use for a table it has a vintage table runner, with a vintage gold ring with a vintage glass bowl with vintage bulbs in it there is also a small dish with more vintage bulbs in it.. There are pics of my son from all of his Christmas's so far in vintage frames.. On one side are vintage looking santas and a tree with vintage jewelery as the ornaments on the other side is a basket with a tree and two home interior snowment with a christmas joy sign..

Closer look at centerpiece there is a little reindeer that my son wanted to put on the table and also a santa candle in a vintage holder..

Closer look at vintage looking santas..

Shelf in living room just has vintage decor on it (sorry about the pic quality but it takes so long to upload pics with my good camera)..

My fav piece it is a vintage wreath hung on the back of my front door got this at goodwill for .55 I am so happy with it!! (again sorry about the pic quality)

My basket of vintage stuffed santas!! Love these too and there are also 2 vintage looking snowmen too..

Old wooden chair with vintage quilt piece, berry wreath, old santa, vintage looking basket and a merry christmas sign (that is missing the a in mas because my son has hide it from me already)..

So our stockings are hung by the chimney with care in hopes that saint nick will soon be there!!! Hope you liked my decor ideas and I am going to TRY to put a blog up everyday until Christmas and call it my Christmas count down!!! So from my vintage/primitive home to yours Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!!!