Santa, or no Santa?

Here is a picture of our tree!

(You can tell we are a homeschool family with of the stuff on the walls. lol)

 I do a different color scheme every year. 

I realized this year that I have never done just green and red! 

So I decided to go all traditional Christmas colors this year. 

As I bought presents I started wrapping them and putting them under the tree. 

I never even thought about keeping them back until Christmas for "Santa" to bring them. 

Things are a lot different in my life than they used to be. My 2 older kids obviously know Santa is not real. Brently just turned 3, so I didn't think about pretending there is a Santa. 

My niece is staying with us right now though, and I have had people ask me what about Santa?

I honestly don't know if her mom has done the Santa thing or not. She has seen the presents under the tree and hasn't said anything about it, and neither has Isabell. 

Isabell has mentioned that Santa is real but hasn't really said anything about him bringing presents or anything. 

I have not said anything to her about Santa one way or the other, because that is not my place, but we don't do the Santa thing big time around here. 

I don't have Santa decorations, or anything like that, but we do watch Santa movies. 

My husband and I have not had a talk about whether or not we are doing Santa for Brently or not! It never came up and I just didn't think about it! 

What do you guys do? Do you do the Santa thing, or not?

I have told Isabell and Brently why we have Christmas, and why we give each other presents. I have told them that we are celebrating the birth of Jesus. 

Do you like to see the presents under the tree in anticipation of Christmas, or have them all appear Christmas morning?

I don't know what we are doing next year when Brently will remember!!

I am linking up with The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Review Crew

Blog Redo

I just redid my blog for Winter. What do you think?

Four Birthday's, One Party

We celebrated four birthdays yesterday. My baby is turning 3 on the 16th, my niece turned 6 on the 6th, my son turned 13 an November 29th and my soon the be sister-in-laws son is also turning 13.

We made a Spiderman cake for Brently, a Frozen cake for Izzy and an OU cake for the two teenage boys. 

I say we because I was trying to make all of these cakes and had to call in reinforcements to help me because I totally underestimated how long it would take me. If one of my dear friends hadn't come over to help me, I would not have got them all done! 

I did however make buttercream icing for the first time!

The kids had a blast. So did the adults. The adults broke out in a Nerf Gun War. lol 

It was a little confusing when we sang the birthday song, lol, but it was great day. 

So blessed to have been able to celebrate it with great family and friends. 

It would be too tiring to go to school...and the other reasons my kids think we homeschool

This is my first Throw Back Thursday link up, but I love this idea! 

This weeks TBT post is: 

It would be too tiring to go to school...and the other reasons my kids think we homeschool

Commercial Palm Trees/Silk Plants Direct Review

I was recently contacted by Commercial Palm Trees with an offer to do a review in exchange for a product of my choice. 

Since Commercial Palm Trees is a commercial site, I was to choose my product from Silk Plants Direct. 

Since my friend, and soon to be sister-in-law is getting married, I decided to choose a set of bouquets!

They came 6 to the box. When I saw the box I was concerned that they would be too small, but they weren't. They were the perfect size for bridesmaids bouquets. 

OK, so what did we think of the bouquets?

We both thought pretty much the same thing. The bouquets were a little lackluster compared to the picture online. However that doesn't mean that they are not nice. 

We plan on adding a few diamonds and some ribbon and making them just what we want!

Personally, I think they look more real than any other silk flowers that I have seen. 

And for the price of $15 per bouquet, that's not bad at all!

I would recommend Silk Plants Direct for your bouquet, or silk plant needs. 

If you have a business, or are in need of outdoor plants, be sure to check out Commercial Palm Trees. They have an amazing selection to choose from. 

If you are interested in doing a review for Commercial Palm Trees, leave a comment and I'll get in touch with you with all of  the details. 

I received a free product in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with FTC regulations.