It's beginning to look a lot like

CHRISTMAS!! :P

Yes indeed, the Christmas boxes are slowly releasing their contents in our house. So far, we have the Gingerbread Man toilet seat cover and the Christmas towels set up in the bathroom. The Christmas bear runner is laid out between mine and E's room. We are scheduled to make fudge this evening. And the last few days, E has swapped her dvd's for Christmas music as her preferred source of drive-time entertainment.

For those keeping track (mostly for me so I don't run too many duplications), here are the latest advent calendar surprises:
day 4 - snowman self-inking stamp
day 5 - Lea (Polly Pocket doll)
day 6 - Lea's pet cat

And yesterday, we played the Grinch Monopoly game. Christmas just isn't a day or a month in our household, it is a state of mind!! :)