Lots of this, some of that…

Cleaning up around here tonight: trying to tie up loose ends, unblogged matters, things on my mind, etc. So this post is going to be a mish-mosh of various stuff.

1. Here is round two of Christmas/Holiday cards. Still more to come after this go-round.        

2. Jack and Patrick both had their class holiday parties today (of course they were both on the same day!). I spent some time at both. Jack’s class made chocolate/candy/gingerbread houses (messy and oh-so-fun) and Patrick’s class had a dec-o-cupcake and ornament making theme. They both had a good time. Plus the fact that there was a bake sale at school today- they were all sugared up! I especially love the shot of Patrick and his lack of teeth with a candy cane.      

3. MY CAMERA IS HOME! Mark called me today from the camera store and told me it came back today. I picked it up but haven’t tried it out as of yet. Later tonight for sure. I am so happy it’s back. It had better work and keep working! Oh, and no type of apology or note from Canon at all. They didn’t even say what was the matter with it- other than they fixed the "broken part". Super.

4. New toy- John won an ipod touch at a work related christmas party. It’s mine now. Since it dosen’t get AM radio or Mets broadcasts it really dosen’t serve much of a purpose for him. I feel so technologically advanced- an ipod at long last. I am having a blast with it. Downloaded some great music and put some of my pictures on there too.

5. the boys got some super cool new soccer (I mean football) shirts recently. One of my dad’s friends who is Portugese was in NY for a few days and was nice enough to bring some kits for the boys, complete with jersey, shorts, and the coolest stripy socks ever.

6. We also got a package from our Coach Graeme yesterday. He impresses me so much. Really, what other young, single, 20something guy, who lives in England, sends gifts to kids in America for Christmas!? He is so thoughtful and responsible- gotta love that! Here’s a refresher of how cute he is, too. We didn’t open the packages yet, waiting for Christmas morning.

7. Almost wrapped up on photoshoots for this year. I have one more tommorrow morning and one on Sunday (talk about last minute for me, huh?). And then that’s it. Happy and relieved the year is almost over and I am almost on my way to Florida! Woohoo! And I’m getting my roots done on Saturday- I need it a little- ya think??