let the games begin....

here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus.... Today marks the official kick-off of the Christmas season! I am very excited, although I can't believe that it is here again already. I'm pretty much done with my shopping, with only a few presents left to buy. I know I'm anal, but I don't like fighting crowds, so I start shopping about September 1. 

We had a nice Thanksgiving yesterday....very low key. It was nice to just stay around town and not have to drive anywhere this year. Granted, my family doesn't live that far away, but 30 minutes, late at night, when you are tired from eating all of the turkey n stuff, it's nice to be only about 5 minutes away.  We went to Sean's mom's house this year.  It was so funny!  His Aunt was trying to have a memorable little toast where everyone said what they were thankful for...however, I had the giggles yesterday, and Sean's sister kept making me laugh.  Everyone was making up funny things they were thankful for...thus making me laugh even more.  It was great!  

So, off we go tomorrow to shop for our tree.  I'm excited about decorating my house this year! I have quite a few new decorations that I got last year on sale, and using them in my new house will be fun!

Kendra just got back today from Illinois, visiting Gary's family.  I watched Kalvin for the week and he discovered that he can get up on the chair and reach my cereal...and eat it....twice.  So, he was in his crate several times this week.  pill.