MomDot Blog Party Day 8- Black Friday

Do you shop on Black Friday?  What time do you start?  Do you finish all your shopping on that day?  What’s the best deal you have found?  What’s your shopping strategy?

No, normally I don’t touch black Friday.  I hate getting up early, I hate crowded stores and long lines.  Black Friday is definitely not my style.  HOWEVER, this year is different.   I go to bed and wake up earlier than ever before… so waking a couple hours earlier won’t kill me.  I want the sales bad enough this year.  I will probably hit up Toys R Us first then head to Target.  I’m not sure what the deals are those days yet, but I’m definitely going for it.  

I doubt I will finish all my shopping on that day but who knows?  Best deal?  Wouldn’t know since this will be my first year getting up early.  

Shopping Strategy?  Get up when Toys R Us opens.  

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MomDot Blog Party Day 7- Naughty or Nice

This question is HARD!

Tell us who is on your naughty list? Who is on your nice list?  Why?

No one is getting a Naughty gift this year.  I would like to say I’m super funny and creative and have pulled wonderful gag gift stunts… but I’m pretty boring in that department

Nice list? Everyone!  My Kids, even though they definitely have their naughty moments.  My husband.  My neices and nephews, some friends…. Why?  Because I love them all.  As I said before, though many of the adults in our family would fit the nice list… They aren’t making the list due to tighter finances.  Family agreement.

Sorry, That is all I got.

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MomDot Party Day 2- Traditions

My favorite family tradition would have to be Christmas Eve growing up in my family.  My dad’s familly had 5 siblings and as soon as they all started pro-creating I think they must have realized Christmas Eve would be easier to celebrate than Christmas.  That way each of the individual families could celebrate Christmas day with their own families.  

There are an absolute ton of us grandkids and when we were all little the house hosting Christmas Eve would be a zoo!  I remember random dance parties and tons of inside jokes were birthed there.  I wish so much that I could capture all this fun in a picture… but none really captures the scene on the whole.  

Everyone would bring food.  At all our events there was always a feast of food!  And it was always so loud.  So loud we called ourselves “the loud family”.  Our heritage on that side of the family is GREEK, so my husband likes to compare it all to My Big Fat Greek Wedding.  

That was my favorite tradition.  As far as creating a new one?  Hm.  I think for now carving pumpkins and roasting the seeds in the Fall.  It’s the only “holiday” that we are predictably in one place.  BUT I now will be thinking about other important traditions we can start around Christmas! 

MomDot Party Day 1- My Family and Christmas Past!

Today is the first day kicking of the MOMDOT.com Blog Party and I’m one of the VIP hosts.  For those of you that have been around a long time…. some of the topics may be redundant.  For newbies, here goes…  The first topic is to introduce you to my family and post pictures from Christmas past.

As of  4 months ago the Mommy Zabs family is a party of 5. My husband and I have been married for 6 years and in that time have lived in 3 states, 5 houses, and had 3 kids.  My oldest is a boy named Owen who is 4 and 1/2, then there is Lukas who is almost 3, and Avery my little 4 month old girl.  

If you want to learn more about this blog check out my About Page. 

Now for pictures from Christmas Past!

2004- Owen was 7 months and was OUTSTANDING for the picture (in my humble parent opinion)

2005- Owen was PETRIFIED and my husband had to join in.

2006- Owen was 2 and Lukas was almost 1,  I think the picture is HILARIOUS and laugh every year when I get it out.

2007- The boys did pretty well… compared to the year before.  Owen was 3 and Lu was almost 2.