Christmas

Merry Christmas, everybody! I took some pictures to. . .Wait. How did she take photos without a camera? Oh YES. I GOT A CAMERA!!! A pink Canon camera! I love it so much! Back on to what I was saying! I took pictures to show you how my morning was spent hidden behind my new camera! 

My new sock monkey slippers!

A pom-pom monster from a kit I got from Klutz.

The Camera!

Another cute monster! rawr!

A really pretty hair clip I got!

So fun to take pictures of!

I got Monopoly Electric Banking! It's my favorite piece, the cell phone! ;)

Another cute hair clip. . .

. . .that's fun to take photos of! 

My favorite bunny ornament we have on our family room tree.

My favorite ornament on the living room tree!

My camera. . .on a ornament!

{attempted} Photo shoot with Zoe Bubbles!

. . .and maybe Zeke too.

I had a Cheerio treat in my hand for her if she payed attention.

CHEESE!!

Zoe eating her 10 billonth Cherrio. Aww. :)

MY AWESOME SOCK SLIPPERS!!!!

I had an amazing Christmas! We were allowed to wake up at 7 to open presents! I also got some cute clothes from Abercrombie. Santa left us a note in reply to mine and ate our cookies. Our Elf On The Shelf also went with Santa on his flight home. :) 

There will be a tutorial on how to make a cute 'bed rest' for your camera soon! :) {maybe even tonight. . .if I get around to it! haha! ;)} Merry Christmas! 

Christmas

Merry Christmas Eve!

Christmas is one of the most anticipated times of the year.

Neatly wrapped presents waiting for you under the brightly lit tree,

while you wait on the stairs for the time to come

to open your gifts.

To watch and hear the faces and screams of delight is truly

magical.

Late into the day,

you play with your dolly or your

truck. 

Later, you may go outside to play in the white blanket of snow {if there were some here! ;)}

I truly love Christmas, and not only because of the gifts {but i ain't gonna lie--i love gifts, too! ;)}

but because I love giving them. 

This Christmas, I will be going to see a movie after some delicious dinner of ham and more, like Thanksgiving.

It's a new tradition.

I hope everybody has safe travels this holiday season if you are going on vacation or to see relatives.

Merry Christmas {Eve},

Renata

{I will be posting on what I get tomorrow! }

Best. Commercial. Ever.

I bow down to Apple. Not only are their products amazing, so are their commercials. Whoever thought up this commercial is insanely creative and a genius. Check it out and be amazed. Comment if you are one of thee who bow down to Apple and their commercials. 

I love that very last line.

"You have 3.7 billion appointments."



On another Christmas note, how CUTE are these outfits for American Girl Dolls?? 

{Day Three} A Gift Tag

{Thanks AJ! http://myworldandthecolorpink.blogspot.com/}

Rules/instructions:

1. Link to the person/blog you got tagged from
2. Do the tag
3. Tag three people!

Is your Christmas tree up?

Yup! We got it up not too long ago!

How about the rest of your decorations?

Yes! We have two tree this year, but we only have our 'main' one up.

Do you have an artificial tree or a real tree?

Artificial!

Do you have any lights or decorations outside?

 We have lights!

Do you have a favorite ornament on the tree?

I love them all!

How many Christmas trees do you usually have up?

This year is the first year we have two trees up.

What is the best Christmas present you have ever gotten?

My iPod Touch, which I got last year.

Who do you celebrate Christmas with?  

My Family!

What is your favorite Christmas song?

"Last Christmas, I Gave You My Heart, But The Very Next Day, You Gave It Away. . " :) 

What is your favorite Christmas food?

Ribbon Candy! {I haven't even tried it yet. . .:)}

What is your favorite Christmas memory?

When we got Wii remotes as presents, but now the Wii, so we all shouted "Wait, Wii Remotes but no. . .WE GOT A WII!!!!!!" Haha!

Do you have trouble falling asleep on Christmas eve?

Who doesn't??

What time do you usually wake up on Christmas morning?

6, but we aren't allowed downstairs until about 8.

Do you do any special traditions for Christmas?

We have an Elf On The Shelf, his name was Oliver, but this year, a new elf came and it's a girl! :)


Don't forget to enter my giveaway! http://chunkeymonkey-chunkeymonkey.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-one-december-giveaway.html

{Day One} December Giveaway

It's giveaway time! But make sure you have a parent's permission first if you are under 15!

For this holiday-themed giveaway, we have two sponsors helping us out!

Tiph & Britt, and Piano Princess Designs! They will have three months of advertising on my sidebar!

I will be donating two toys to Toys For Tots, thanks to them! ;)

Now, on with the amazing giveaway!

Tiph & Britt are sisters with amazing talent. 

They are donating a green and red lace soda tab bracelet! Here are some examples of their work. . .

http://www.etsy.com/shop/tiphandbritt?ref=top_trail

http://www.etsy.com/shop/tiphandbritt?ref=top_trail

Piano Princess Design is offering an awesome free blog design! Here are some examples of her work!

http://pianoprincessdesigns.blogspot.com

http://pianoprincessdesigns.blogspot.com

Mandatory Entries 

-Comment below telling me what your favorite thing about the holidays is. {also--if you do not have a blog, please tell me so you don't win the design!}

-Follow Chunkey Monkey

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Extra Entries {make sure you comment that you did the following in a SEPARATE COMMENT!}

-Follow the Piano Princess Designs blog {http://pianoprincessdesigns.blogspot.com}

-Follow the Tiph & Britt blog {http://tiphandbritt.blogspot.com/}

-Post about this giveaway. Post about it in a message board, your blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. {leave a link!}

-Grab the button and put it on your blog or website {leave a link!}

-Follow Tiph & Britt on Twitter! http://twitter.com/#!/Tiphani2

-What patterns would you get if you won the blog design by Piano Princess Designs?

Giveaway will end on December 12th, 2011 at 12 AM Central Time. I will announce the winner on December 12th in the evening. 2 {two} winners will be drawn from a bowl at random. I will post the winners on December 12th, and they have until December 30th to contact me with their address if they won the Tab Bracelet, or to contact me so I can email Piano Princess Design about their new blog design. My email is chunkeymonkey{dot}blog{at}gmail{dot}com

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Looking For Sponsors. . .

For every sponsor I get, I will donate one toy to 'Toy For Tots', up to 5.

That's right! 3 whole months of FREE advertising on my sidebar! All you have to do is donate an item that fits in with the above. I am looking for the above items, and anything that fits in the category of 'cute and handmade'. This is a holiday-themed giveaway, so if you have any headbands/jewelry/stationary in a winter/holiday theme, make sure you email me at chunkeymonkey{dot}blog{at}gmail{dot}com with the following details. . .

-Your Name

-Shop Name

-Link to Shop/Blog

-Item you would like to donate

-Email I can reply to you by

-Your shop logo/button measuring 219x219

For every sponsor I get, I will donate one toy to 'Toy For Tots', up to 5.