Mommy Musings

So I don't know about you, but a big part of Christmas for me is the food.  I love it so much more than anything that is served on Thanksgiving.  And this year we definitely went all out!  We obviously did the mandatory cookie baking.  This year I had my very own helper!  Even though it slows down the process, I *love* having my little girl help me in the kitchen!! Showing me the cookie dough she ate We also hosted two gatherings on Christmas, for which I was responsible for cooking.  First, we had brunch with my parents and sister on Christmas morning.  I made some chocolate chip muffins, and these two recipes I found on Pinterest. Crockpot sausage casserole Cinnamon French Toast Bake OMG were they amazing!  And so simple!  Seriously, run out and buy the ingredients right now to make them.  You will thank me later. Christmas evening we had all of Skip's family over for a big dinner.  My dad had given me a ham the night before, so I was just responsible for the appetizer, sides

We had a wonderful Christmas day as a family.  We were so blessed that Skip was home with us that day, as that rarely happens!!  We woke up early with the girls and headed downstairs to see what Santa had brought!  Little M was so excited rip open all her gifts and start playing with them immediately!  Baby C was not as into it, but she did seem to have some fun. Santa came! Once we were done with all the family/Santa gifts.  My parents and sister came over for even MORE gifts!  We were all spoiled by all the wonderful gifts.  Little M received the PERFECT gift from my parents....a giant horse!!!  That with the dollhouse we bought her have been her favorite things to play with!  We then had a nice brunch with my family and then they left so we could get ready for our dinner party with Skip's family. What do you think this present is Little M?  A horsie...the BIGGEST one! She was right! We had another nice meal with Skip's family and we managed to get some great pictures with th

Hey guys!!  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!  I know we did over here, and I'm happy to say I think it was the best Christmas I've ever had!  I'm going to be boring you with recaps for the next few days, so hang in there with me! Christmas Eve has always been more special to me than actual Christmas day.  I love the anticipation and pure magic of it all.  This one was no different. I had spent the days prior finishing up shopping, wrapping, and baking so I could just relax and enjoy the holiday as much as possible.  That was working out great until I realized late Friday morning that I had somehow lost Baby C's Christmas jammies.  And there was no way I was going to just forget about her wearing special jammies for Christmas! So I woke up Christmas Eve and hit up Kohls to get some last-minute things.  Surprisingly it was not as crowded as I thought it was going to be.  Once I got home, we had lunch together as a family, and then Skip had to get ready to go to wor

We just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

This is the guest post I wrote for Lindsey yesterday if you didn't get a chance to read it! I am sooo very excited to be joining the Twelve Days of Christmas here on Lindsay's blog.  What a great idea it is!!  It's funny because I have only 'known' Lindsay for just over a week, but we're already fast friends.  We are both SAHMs, with two daughters, living in Jersey, and a *huge* love of the Giants!  So I was just honored when she asked me to be a guest on her blog!! So anyway, HI!!  My name is Mandy. You can find me blogging semi-regularly over at Mommy Musings.  I started blogging almost three years ago when I was a brand-spakin' new mom of a four month old girl.  I was a former teacher turned SAHM and really had no idea what I was doing.  Now I'm a seasoned not so new-mom of TWO little girls.  Baby C is six months old Little M just turned 3 I still don't really know what I'm doing, but I've resigned myself to the fact that I don't thin