Usually at the end of a quarter I feature books the boys have liked recently. However, I've been talking A LOT about pictures books on here lately so we're going with an all Christmas (ish) version this month. A lot of things that are making our December a little more merry!
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This is a fantastic darker teal and as soon as I painted it on my nails I ordered another bottle because I don't want to run out for awhile. It's been my constant since Thanksgiving weekend and it might stay until Christmas, we'll see! When a nail gets too chipped I just scratch off the rest and repaint that one, as needed. It's my semi-lazy way to keep my nails painted without the work of constantly starting from scratch!
This was an item from my fall/winter shopping list and these have been a FANTASTIC addition to my closet. Except they are rarely in my closet (I don't think they have been yet) because I wear them almost daily. I wear sweatshirts A LOT when I'm not doing more than school runs and errands (which is most days) and I wanted a more casual boot than my leather riding boots (which I also still wear, just did this morning!). Enter these, got them on a Thanksgiving weekend sale and they are comfy and cute and casual. If there is real snow on the ground I do also own rain boots and real heavy duty snow boots so these shouldn't have to get too icky in slush. Hopefully.
I own a lot and am always interested in more even though I realize I am going to be running out of storage space if I keep up my current rate of purchase. BUT...Target has some good ones this year! This green is just PERFECT (last year the blue was PERFECT). I also am trying this blue glass tree and have a taller version of this mercury glass one AND these mini ones. I DO still consider myself a minimalist...but not at Christmas. (That being said, I did clear 5 items out of my closet this morning.)
Yes, I also mentioned this last month but it's been SUCH a part of our Christmas music rotation that it needs another shoutout. It's fantastic and one of their best sounding CDs. Love it.
Part of the boys' St. Nick gifts were one of these each. Sam got the older one since Luke had done most of that one last year. Luke got this year's new one. We read A LOT of picture books, especially in December, and sometimes it helps to keep hands busy. Sam and I worked on one together this morning too!
I bought this alien as a gift (and one for myself) and this whale was my St. Nick ornament. (I grew up getting an ornament every St. Nick so that's what I bought myself. Matt grew up getting candy so that's what he bought himself. Our boys always get an ornament and lately chocolate coins too.) These are very cute AND not breakable!
The boys also got Christmas Memory for St. Nick. And this mini St. Nick puzzle. And this block puzzle (it's actually harder than it looks!). We did this advent Nativity last year and it's still in good shape for this year! I split the pieces and Luke puts in the odd and Sam the even (last year they were the flipped of that). And I REALLLY wish they had this magnet nativity set out when I placed my last order in November because I definitely would have bought it. I almost placed another order just to get one but couldn't justify it to myself. We are all in on Shining Light.
Matt and I watched this short Christmas baking competition on Peacock last year and enjoyed it (we also enjoyed the summer series, Making It!, but there wasn't a new season this year!). It's delightful holiday fun. Just saw Andy Samburg was placed with Amy Poehler for this season, we'll see how that goes. Should still be good.
9) The Popcast Deep Dive of The Holiday
If I had to pick one single podcast as my favorite, it would be The Popcast. Hilarious and entertaining on things that don't really matter (pop culture) but also frequently makes me laugh, a lot. Last week's episode was a deep dive on The Holiday, a movie I have watched every year, for over 10 years, mostly while wrapping presents. It is greatly enjoyable to me, very seasonal, and I laughed a lot at this deep dive.
There you go! A whole bunch of things we are loving at our house right now!
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