December already!

So my birthday has come and gone and I have to say it was the BEST birthday ever!!! Who cares that I'm 40!! It's time to have fun!!! Mom did tons of great stuff for me and decorated the house, surprised me at the hair dresser with balloons, goodies and paid for my hair appt, and made it special. Then I headed to NYC with 3 great girls!! We had a fabulous time!!!!

Arriving in style!!

After standing in the standby line for David Letterman...they come out to tell us (we are next in line) that they only have 1 seat left!! My two gracious friends (one hadn't arrived yet) let me be the one to go in!! It was so great and only added to my fabulous NYC trip!! There I am above the letter V!! Thanks to my Mom for the still picture!! I even saw Rupert after the show,he was helping sell the merchandise.  You know the guy David Letterman teases sometimes that has some type of little convience store or something. It was a great show!

Then of course the Kelly and Michael show was awesome!! I was one of 5 that tried to be the travel trivia dancer but I didn't get picked...oh well. It was still a blast and Michael and Kelly were so nice. They talked to everyone during all the commercial breaks. Kelly talked to Lisa and me about 40. She saw our 40 tiaras. Michael also wished us a happy birthday. Then they also taped some pre-recorded parts for the New Year's Eve show...so I should be on TV again!! yay...!! LOL... you can see me in this pic that my friend sent me. I'm on the right with my 40 tiara on!!!!  ha ha ha....

My friend Lisa's sister also was able to get into the 2nd prerecording show as a standby. My other friend gave up standing in the cold and headed back to the hotel. She was so happy, because she loves the show. So I'm happy she was able to get into part of the show!!  She had a great seat in the middle and I'm sure she'll be seen on the New Years Eve show. Kelly and Michael were very down to earth and seemed to really enjoy themselves. 

We tried to do as much as we could while we were there in a short amount of time!

The tree was unbelievable!! It was huge and gorgeous!! I would of loved to have ice skated in front of the tree but it was super cold this evening and we wanted to walk around to see other stuff. The window Christmas decorations for Sax 5th and Macy's were beautiful!

These are just a few of the great things we did in NYC! We did tons of walking, up 5th avenue, saw the Statue of Liberty, Empire State building, walked around inside Grand Central station, walked through Chinatown and ate in Little Italy, saw Grenich village and Soho, Brooklyn bridge...ah...what else?? It was a lot considering we only had 2 1/2 days!! It was so much fun!!! We ate some good food and some great sweets. We tried some mini cupcakes at a local bakery and then ate more sweets at the Cake Boss Cafe, yum!  I can't even describe was a fabulous trip it was!!!! I'll never forget my 40th that's for sure.!! We could Central Park from our hotel room!! It was awesome!

So, yes Mark our Elf as arrived back for the season. He is making his rounds around the house. Here are a few of his more mischievous antics.

So now that all the birthday excitement is over, I have to get focused on Christmas! I can't believe it is next week!!! I have most of my shopping done, but still need to finish up and also get to wrapping!! I am loving the weather we are having here!! It's been in the 70's and 80's with highs this weekend to be 85!! Wow..I have to say I am not complaining at all about the warm weather!! I'll look at the snow on TV, oh and it did snow one day we were in NY so that was good for me!! I think we might just have to go to the pool this weekend in our bathing suits and Santa hats!! love it!!

The boys are doing good in school still. Soccer is over now. Bry's team made it to the championship game, that was kinda a shocker...but they won all their playoff games. They didn't win the championship game but it was still fun. Dev's team made it pretty far but didn't win either. Both boys had fun, but I think we will check into a more competitive team for next season. 

Oh yeah, so Bry was 1 of 3 finalists for the science fair project!! He was very excited!! He didn't win in the next round, but came home with a finalist ribbon that he was very proud of!! Ha...very interesting project, and by the way I would NOT let your dog lick you in the mouth based on what we saw with our project....just saying!!

So what else??? That's all I have for now....

Looking forward to spending New Years with family and friends!!  

Toodles for now..