it's almost here!

i swear, this year i feel almost more excited than the kids for christmas! even though i know they both "get" it and are looking forward to tomorrow, i know what they're getting and know how happy they're going to be--it's just exciting.

on thursday, the girls and zane took a batch of treats we made to our neighbors- choc chip and peanut butter chip banana muffins and chocolate peanut butter prezels-thank you pinterest! i think the girls had a good time and i think our neighbors were happy with an unexpected treat from us.

while they were out being little elves, i stayed home and started our italian feast. i don't know when or why we decided to start a tradition of a big italian dinner a few days before christmas, but we put it into action this year and it was delicious! nothing too special, spaghetti and meatballs (i'm in the market for an awesome meatball recipe), salad, homemade mozarella fritta (SO easy and SO delicious!!), homemade mousse (from a box, but still tasty) and wine (i finally figured out i don't like merlot!). it was another good "start" to the holidays :)

then yesterday, thanks to some string and imagination, the girls were occupied for the most part in the morning and i was able to catch up on dishes and laundry. i wanted to get as much done for cleaning so i wouldn't have to do much this weekend. happy to say that the house is clean and ready for chaos tomorrow morning! :)