Wednesday Lee and I had big plans to get an early start on Christmas shopping. 

We had been gifted three $100 gift cards. After daydreaming of all the things I could buy from the new Chip and Joanna Gaines collection at Target, we decided it would be smarter to use these as a part of our Christmas budget. Lee and I both try to avoid crowds, I typically do the bulk of our Christmas shopping online or at smaller local stores. Since it was only November 1 we decided to get a sitter and venture out to check out the toy section and have a little dinner date.

Since Lee and I weren’t meeting until 3:00 the kids and I hung out at home and kept with our typical routine.

Whitney had gotten into the Halloween candy and gotten a Twizzler stuck in her hair. I tried peanut butter, coconut oil, and washing. It wouldn’t come out. I even broke five teeth out of my comb trying! Finally I gave in and realized I was going to have to cut a little piece out.

While I was working with Miss Candy Hair, Libby used PlayDoh to create a face on the dining chair. I had to take a picture because I thought it looked so cool! Libby is our artistic child. She can see and create things that blow me away.

It was windy and we realized that some of our toys in the backyard were blowing away. The girls went out to help me bring toys back up to the house. They got distracted and started playing while I picked up toys and chased an umbrella.

After getting the mud off of ourselves it was time for me to get things ready for the sitter while the kiddos played.

Our SMS sitter showed up {if you are local to Nashville you should give them a try!} I met Lee at Target and we started looking for things on our kiddos Christmas list. After we finished we stopped by World Market to look at area rugs {I think we found one for our living room!!} and then got some New York style pizza!

Before heading home we stopped by the library to pick up some new books and movies for the kids and grab a book I had on hold.

Our sitter, Lauren, gave a great report when we got home. Emry was already asleep and the girls were on their way to bed. Lee and I kicked back and watched Game 7 of The World Series. When it was all said and done this was what Lee’s trunk looked like when we got home…

We still have one of the gift cards left that we can do a little more shopping with, but for November 1, I think we got a pretty good start!

 

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