Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

What a great day!  (Minus the rainy weather.)  Our subdivision had its 1st annual Cookies with Santa today!  Milk, cookies, hot cider, warm fireplace, beautiful Christmas tree, wonderful people and, of course, Santa!...What else could make for a fun fall morning?!  The whole event turned out really well!  The decorations were gorgeous, the treats were yummy, and Violet had an absolute blast playing with all the older kids!  She thought the kids were soo much fun!  Ever since she could recognize kids (probably around 4 or 5 months old) she has watched them intently, studying every move.  Well, today with so many children running around, she was in playtime heaven!!  Haha!  She just made herself at home with them by waving to them, trying to follow and keep up with them.  I can definitely tell she won't have any problems making friends as she gets older.

Not Enough Time

So, here I am blogging for the first time in several days.  I'm not typically a "bloggy/journaly" type person but it's pretty neat to sit down and type.  Of course, when do I ever have time to write a blog?!  Good question.  Between being a full-time wife, mommy, and intervention specialist, its definitely challenging to balance it all.  But I often remind myself to take it day by day and to get done what I can...anything to take the pressure off is best.  It works pretty well for me.  The best part of all my daily roles is that it is building more character, experience and love for my family.  God won't give me more than I can handle.  HE has blessed Mark and me very very much.  We want to be the best stewards of what HE has given us presently and in the future.

Here it is a lovely Saturday afternoon and so much has been accomplished already but yet still so much to do before 3pm!!!!!  We are headed out in a couple hours to get our family Christmas pictures done.  So I'm stressing that in my ever challenging time-management skills, will I be able to pull of what I need to get done in the next couple hours.  Well, it boils down to priorities.  What is really important to get done before we leave and what can wait until tonight after Violet goes to bed?  The answer would probably be A LOT of tasks could wait.  But eating lunch, giving Violet a bath, and putting on makeup should be top priority.  So, I better gooooooooo otherwise my priority list will be shot.