December So Far

Adam's Birthday
We celebrated with his favorite, Angel Food Cake, and although the picture shows a fireball of candles, it actually wasn't quite as dangerous as it looks. Although....he is getting old, so maybe adding the correct number of candles is a fire hazard....



Decorating the Christmas Tree
Of course this is one of the favorite traditions of the season. My boys love arranging (and rearranging) the ornaments. I learned my lesson last year (after losing many of my glass ornaments to baseball-like incidents) and this year found some super-cheap PLASTIC balls. We're Christmas-tree-baby-proofed for the first time in all our years of Murdock Christmases. Hooray.
No pictures of the final product -- I still need to add the tree skirt, ribbon, and keepsake ornaments (to the TOP of the tree of course) but you can use your imagination to guess what it looks like :)

Christmas Update: Last night I was giving Adam some hints about what to get me for Christmas and he said "Maybe your gift has already been ordered...." which is leaving me in a state of torment because I want to hack into his email account and find out if he ordered something online...or I guess I could look at our bank statement online....or check our credit card activity....but instead, I think I'll just wait for the surprise. :) The suspense may nearly kill me!! :)