Christmas Movies

Now that Thanksgiving is over it is officially time to celebrate Christmas! Now, don’t get me wrong – I love Thanksgiving, but I love Christmas more. (Plus – December is my birthday month so let’s get there already!)

To start off the season I’m going to give you my top ten movies that you should watch. These are in no particular order so you should just watch them all! I’m looking forward to watching all my favorites even more this year since I’ll be snuggling my sweet new baby!

1.       ELF

2.       National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

3.       The Santa Clause

4.       The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause

5.       The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

6.       Santa Baby

7.       Santa Baby 2

8.       The Polar Express

9.       Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch  Stole Christmas

10.   Home Alone

You’ve probably seen most of these, but if not get to work!!

Now Hubs thinks Die Hard and Die Hard 2 are Christmas movies that belong on the list. I keep telling him that just because it occurs during Christmas time does not make it a Christmas movie.

Do you have a favorite that I didn’t list? Do you agree or disagree with Hubs? Let me know in the comments!

xo Courtney

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Valentine's Day Chick Flicks

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It is Valentine's Day week~  hope you have made plans to celebrate the day.

In our house, we aren't ever too over the top in our celebrating. A nice dinner together at home is typically our go to tradition, a no pressure kind of holiday.  My sweet hubby always has me some beautiful flowers ~ pale blush or peach roses are my favorites.
I will have him a bag filled with his favorite chocolates and of course a sweet card. Even though we love each other every day ~ its nice to draw a little attention to the fact and remind each other of that.  Mike has always been sure to have a bouquet for Brittney too ~ you can't start teaching your little girl how she should expect to be treated by boys/ men too soon.

With Valentine's day being on Sunday this year I am sure there will be a lot of people celebrating on Saturday night.  With little ones and sitters and back to work on Monday, sometimes it's more enjoyable to celebrate a different day.  Flexibility is key ~ do what works for your family.

If you want to celebrate on Sunday, a fun low key option could be an afternoon chick flick marathon with some yummy manly snacks. (Snacks might help the hubby want to watch the movies a little more).

Let's think of those manly snacks first: wings, chips & salsa (check last week's post and make your salsa homemade, the extra effort will be appreciated), cheese fries, pizza, brownies or Valentine cookies...  pretty easy stuff.

Now the fun part: What are your top 5 movies?  Mine might surprise you ~ 

5. Breakfast at Tiffany's 

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4.  An Affair to Remember

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 3. The Notebook 

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2. Sweet Home Alabama

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And my very favorite movie 

1. Urban Cowboy ~  love love love this movie!!  

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I may plan to watch all of these Sunday afternoon... Not sure that Mike will join me for them all, but #1 is his favorite too.

 Hope you all have a fun week with the family & friends you enjoy most.  Tell us what movies you love to watch again and again. We'd love to hear from you!! What about the manly snacks? We are always up to try a new recipe!! 

As always ~ please share us with your friends.                    

    

                                               xoxo,

                                                  Amy 

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