Getting close!

To Christmas that is.  Who's ready????  I am trying to wrap up the few final details.  Our Christmas cards were sent and shared on facebook.  Gingerbread houses were made.  Cookie exchange at work done and no more cookies to show for it either.  And almost all of the gifts are here.

 Does anyone else panic the closer it gets to Christmas and start buying chocolates?  Sponge candy specifically to fill out presents or put with gift cards.  Meatball loves Sponge candy, its a Buffalo thing.  I like it but people go bananas over the stuff.  Hard to explain what it is so I will post a picture.  The best stuff is from Parkside Candy.  I hopped into there shop and picked up 4 bags.

My dad came over on Sunday to wrap.  He likes to wrap, me not so much.  He volunteers every year and we gladly take him up on it.  I set him up in the garage (its heated) with a table, the necessities and it works out perfect because we store all the present in the crawl space above the garage.  Brady went to papa's for a bit and the babies didn't know he was out there.  They are way too busy being mini Christmas tree terrorists anyway.  Then we watched the Bills lose and ordered pizza and wings. 

Brady is off of school for 2 weeks!!  Thursday was Brady's Christmas concert at school.  I admit - I cried.  I just can't believe how big he is now and it's bittersweet.  Here's some shots:

Walking in.

Front row 3rd from the left

The babies were Angels throughout the performance!  And my handsome little (big) boy had a glass of punch waiting for me in the cafeteria afterwards.  He is SO sweet.

Oh and then there is this!  I may have mentioned to the hubs how much I love Christmas Lights.  And I have never lived in a house with them ever.  Well, I came home from work today and didn't recognize our house!  Steve left work early and came home and made this happen:

I swear I don't need another thing.  This exterior illumination has made me SO happy.  This Christmas is going to be awesome.  We are incredibly blessed over here and can't wait to see the boys faces :)