Good Things

1- Starbucks Red Holiday Cup (Love it- especially since they make you work to get your peppermint mocha over here)

2-Nursery Nativity Play- Casey Jane got chosen to play an "angel" (some of the kids have to play donkeys and camels just imagine me trying to get her into the camel costume- I praised God and her teachers for giving me the part of least resistance.

3-CJ's Nativity Play- He get the part of the innkeeper (he wanted to be baby Jesus but a 5 year old in a diaper is a bit scary- he then offered to play grownup Jesus)- He has 5 lines as the innkeeper and his wife in the play is the girl he says has "the most beautiful blonde curls".

4-British girl bands- I am loving Girls Aloud, Sugarbabes, Saturdays (think Spice Girls for the next generation)

5 No PCness in England it's a Christmas party at the school and not a "winter festival celebration".

6-First Christmases ( I am thinking about all these new babies- Danny, Callan, Addison, Mary Clare, Jimmy, Cameron, Ben- all having their first baby Christmas:)

7-CJ's British accent- seriously it is a force to be reckoned with.

8-Casey has had laid out a blue smocked nutcracker dress for a bday party for over 3 weeks. I am not going to lie I love that!!!

9-The princess tore up the soccer field yesterday- seriously she was stealing the ball from 5 year old boys.

10-Chris and I are back to drinking tea at night and watching old OC reruns. We seriously are drinking herbal mango tea and still watching teenage dramas.

11- 1 month until I am home stateside.

12-online shopping - my poor dad gets a package daily delivered from my online habit

13-Sunday is mommy free day- Chris has the kids and I am headed to the city to do kid free activities! ( Can you tell I am excited)