Falling Behind...

I'm getting yelled at by my family for not posting enough...geez, I still post at least twice a week, but it's not enough?!?! Ok, so here's a short version and I'll post more with pics soon.

Riley is singing along with Christmas "muse-kick" now and LOVES her Shelf Elf who's name is Olf (ask me to explain). She calls Rudolph..."Rudolph with your nose so bright" and loves the lights on her own neighborhood...She thinks each house is a neighborhood because we took her looking at lights and kept asking if she wanted to see one more neighborhood...She says "Oh My!" or "They're cute!" at every house with lights and especially loves Frosty. (No!!! That does not mean we need to have a million Frosty lights or stuffed snowmen PLEASE!)

Quinkie has returned from the North Pole and is the WEIRDEST fish ever! Apparently he/she was returned a bit psycho. The darn thing literally plays dead. It lies on the side of the bowl most of the day and barely breathes but shoots around like a cannon when I shake the bowl to check if it's really dead. I'm starting to wonder if the original was really gone?!?! But swimming sideways is generally a good indicator, right?

We went to see the 8th floor Daytons (no it's not Macy's or Marshall Field's, it's Daytons!!!) show with my parents and Meg and Adrienne today and Riley loved the whole thing. Honestly I've never seen my mom so antsy as she was waiting for Meg to get there!!! (She already saw it once and she knew Riley would love it!) Katie and the crew didn't come because they went with Darin's parents who were in town for a little bit this past week.

Anyway, Riley didn't want to leave any part of it. Each new window was the best one. And just like her mommy she enjoyed the cookie at the end the best! I learned my lesson from last year though and she had a WHITE cookie and not a RED one...she puked from the red frosting last year and that stained bad!!! Tomorrow night we are going to Holidazzle again downtown. I love downtown at Christmas! So thus you will get pics from that stuff after tomorrow so I can download all at once. We're also getting our Christmas tree this weekend, so it may be Saturday night before pics surface.

Ahhhh....see why I haven't posted, I haven't been home much! Gotta run, bedtime!

P.S. Lowlight of my day. I sprayed gas all over my jacket when I filled up today and I can't get the smell out. I've washed it 4 times! Any tips? I'm going to try Febreeze next and I already tried soaking in baking soda per my mom-in-laws suggestion. Next step is airing in freezing cold garage, but I need a jacket!!!