Dawn
from Dawn’s Disaster was tagged in the annual tag run by Lanaya at RaisingReagan. I’m so excited to have been tagged by Dawn this round!
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Here are the
questions and answers:
1) What is the one
Christmas tradition you cannot live without?
Baking! LoL My Granny’s Bourban balls will
always remain in my memories...no matter how much practice, I just can’t get
them the same. However, I’ve learnt that Amarula works quiet nicely too!
2) What is the BEST
Christmas gift you have ever received?
Luggage! It sounds ridiculous, but my dad
bought me luggage the Christmas before I left for South Africa. It was his way
of saying I don’t like what you’re doing but I’m going to let you make your own
path!
3) What is the WORST
Christmas give you have ever received?
Underwear! No seriously, peeps, the Great
G-ma had this thing growing up with buying us underwear. Our parents knew about
it but never warned us the first year we were considered old enough by G-ma for
this gift. Rather they relished in the embarrassment as we ripped those puppies
out in front of the whole family!
4) Have you started your
Christmas shopping yet? Are you finished?
Oh we have definitely started. I only have
one gift left to get for LJ. We don’t exchange gifts with each other or the
other family. Only the kids.
5) Who was the hardest
to shop for this year?
The kids are definitely difficult. They have
absolutely everything already and to make things more complicated their
birthdays are so close. LJ is the 12th of December (yep, he turns 1
tomorrow peeps!) and that leaves us 13 days until Christmas. 12 days later
after Christmas is Lil Misters birthday! Apparently, Hubby and I don’t have
good planning with kids!
6) Do you decorate your
home?
Yes we do! Decorations are quite expensive in
South Africa so we are slowly building up our collection. However, we do not
decorate until after LJ has his birthday/party. I just feel it isn’t fair to
him to mix the holidays together until he is old enough to decide whether it
bothers him. We also ensure the tree and decorations are down before Lil
Mister’s birthday. Same reasoning. Once they’re old enough...they can make the
decisions!
7) Will you be hosting a
Holiday party this year?
Nope! LoL Our friends are all burnt out. We
were all on holiday the last couple of weeks in November. C & L went to the
Cape and we were in Durban. Last weekend was Mrs. P’s baby shower and this
weekend is LJ’s birthday. It is also Hubby’s works year end function! We all
agreed next weekend is a no go! No parties. Then it is Christmas. Then we have
a camping trip planned for New Years Eve. The weekend after is Lil Misters
party and then we have JP party just after that. Then, surprise surprise, Mrs.
P is due the 19th January! HAHA so....I think we have enough parties
to attend at the moment!
8) How many Holiday
parties will you be attending this season?
Read previous answer....our schedules are
booked!
9) What did you ask
Santa for this year? Were you "nice enough" to get it?
I don’t ask for anything but the ability to
make my children happy! We’ll see Christmas morning if we succeeded?
10) What is your favorite
Christmas song?
RULES:
* Answer the 10 questions the blogger who tagged you asked
* Ask 10 questions to the 10 bloggers you tag
* Go tag your 10 people
* Grab a button and put it on your blog post
* Be sure to the link to your tag post to the blogger who tagged you's comments {if I tagged you, leave the link in the comments of this post~if someone else tagged you, leave you link here, too and I'll stop by}
* Have fun!
Now, here are the questions I'm asking to the 10 people I'm tagging:
1) Do you have a special/ sentimental ornament that must go on the tree?
* Answer the 10 questions the blogger who tagged you asked
* Ask 10 questions to the 10 bloggers you tag
* Go tag your 10 people
* Grab a button and put it on your blog post
* Be sure to the link to your tag post to the blogger who tagged you's comments {if I tagged you, leave the link in the comments of this post~if someone else tagged you, leave you link here, too and I'll stop by}
* Have fun!
Now, here are the questions I'm asking to the 10 people I'm tagging:
1) Do you have a special/ sentimental ornament that must go on the tree?
2)
Is your tree real or fake? Why?
3)
Who puts the star up?
4)
Where do you gather for the holidays?
5)
What is your favorite Christmas memory growing up?
6)
Do you or do you plan to teach your children the real meaning of Christmas?
7)
Will you be attending any Christmas presentations (plays, caroling, lights in
the park) this season?
8)
What is one food that absolutely must be at Christmas dinner?
9)
What is your favorite Christmas movie? Just one!
10)
Where is your dream Christmas destination? You know, that one holiday that
you’d love to spend somewhere different?
Bloggers I'm tagging:
1. Lauren @ The Albrechts Blog
Bloggers I'm tagging:
1. Lauren @ The Albrechts Blog
2. Rebecca @ Caravan Sonnet
3. Chelsea @ Life Unpublished
4.
Jennifer @ The Deliberate Mom
5. Jessica @ Living La Vida Holoka
6. Leasha @ The Great Mum Adventure
7. Kara @ More Ramblings of a Marine Wife
8. Tammi @ My Organized Chaos
10. Stephanie @ Not Entirely Perfect
XOXxx
Shana Danae..
I heart you for not celebrating Christmas until after LJ's birthday. As a fellow December baby, it is so frustrating to feel like you're overlooked by everyone because your birthday is so close to Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm a July baby and Hubby is June so we really just tried to put ourselves in the kids position and think how we would feel! lol I love Christmas and am serious about teaching them the true meaning! Which means all the extras aren't necessary anyways! They're just nice! ;-)
ReplyDeleteAw thanks for tagging me! Now I just really want some bourbon balls... Happy Birthday LJ!!!
ReplyDeleteMy son's birthday is January 5, so we make it special for him too. I hope LJ has a good first birthday today!
ReplyDeleteI love that you keep the birthdays separate from Christmas. As a person who was born ON Christmas, I always thought it was nice that my parents did my birthday the night before, but was a little sad that it was after church service. Not sad we were going to church, but that I didn't get a DAY of my own. My parents tried to rectify that by celebrating my adoption day, but that is May 26, so it generally lands on or around Memorial Day...yet another holiday to compete with!
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing along, and I hope that your tagees take part, too!
That's so awesome! This year Lil Misters party is on the 4th since his birthday is the 7th! It's all about how we as parents handle it! His birthday was amazing!
ReplyDeleteShame Dawn! It didn't work out either way! I hope they still gave you memorable birthdays! And I'm sure they did! Thanks for tagging me! I had fun doing this!
ReplyDeleteThanks Stephanie! I know bourbon balls are the best! haha I used to sneak them as a kid when I was still too young to have them lol! ;-)
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