The World According to Leslie

It's crazy to think that a week from today is the last day of March!  How is that possible?! And yes, I know I say that every month!  (Is it just me or is time really going by faster!?) Now, a week from tomorrow is Easter! I love Easter.  It is my 2nd favorite holiday....Christmas is my first! I love to see the kids dressed in their Easter outfits. I love to see all the pictures in my Facebook feed of all the Spring and Easter pics of kids! We don't have anything special planned. We will go to church. We will go to Mom and Dad's to eat with the family. Other than that, Easter is a laid back holiday for us! What do you have planned for Easter this year? 

Since it's still January (for one more day)--where did this month go already--I can still talk about Christmas...right? Every year, I have HUGE plans for Christmas. I plan to get the inside and the outside decorated before December 1st! This was the plan this year: Tree--Black Friday Shoppimg--Done my mid-December Cleaning--Done so Christmas pictures look tidy Decor--Inside and Outside by December 1st What ACTUALLY happened: Tree--December 22nd--lights, Angel, and tree skirt only (none of my awesome ornaments or garland) Shopping--Finished on Christmas Eve (as is the normal around here) Cleaning--most of the laundry was done and moved stuff so it wouldn't be in the pictures Decor--Tree (partly), wreath on the door, no lights, no nativity, nothing shiny and bright This bad because it was a little depressing. I felt rushed to get the tree/wreath up and down. It was NOT very festive at all. It was also bad because I didn't feel the need to take many pictures ...

I love December... I love Christmas.... I love the holidays... Wait! I love ALL Holidays! Christmas is the best though. It starts early and goes on for a while! :) I am hoping to get our decorations up this weekend. First, we have the Christmas parade. (The second in 2 weeks!) I grew up in the neighboring town and now we live here. So we go to both parades. This year is a little different though. The Girl Scout troop is in BOTH parades! We have a cute little float that we have decorated and everything! lol It's really fun! Until next time........