Begining to look a lot like Christmas!

We get started with our Christmas decorating the day after Thanksgiving.  I brought all of the bins of stuff up to the living room and Lucy and I dug in.  Daddy was home this time (unlike at Halloween) so he got to experience our mess.  Yes, he did crack a Bud Light before noon but no, he didn't have a panic attack!

Baby guy enjoyed the sights of crazytown!

Lucy got to put the angel on the tree again this year with Daddy's help:

We all love the tree but this little man really enjoys it!  And he's started rolling back to belly and can move around pretty well...not crawling just yet, but definitely making his move.  He loves  touching the tree.

 

Didn't Dave do a great job with the outdoor decor?!

St. Nick visited us a couple of weeks ago!

Lucy was very excited to get marshmallows and a few candy treats, a couple of pouches, some Silly Putty and a Maximus (the horse from Rapunzel) toy.  Max was thrilled with the wrappings of those items but also found some jars of baby food, some Christmas rubber duckies and a teething ring in his stocking.

She's so sweet with him...I love it!

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The library has had some fun events lately - including a Frozen party! 

It was pretty cool - we started in the party room and did a sing-along of "Let it Go." After that, Anna and Elsa showed up!  Lucy was so excited...until it was her turn to walk up and meet them...then she was shy and nervous, but we still managed a little photo op (I just had to join in)!



She was all about getting up close and personal with cardboard Olaf!



After the meet-and-greet, the kids got to make an Olaf out of marshmallows,
pretzels, an orange Tic Tac and mini chocolate chips.
Lucy's wasn't even fully assembled before she started chomping him up!



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The following week, there was a Grinch movie night!  We met at the library after hours and got to watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas on  big projector screen.  After the movie, we did some Grinch-themed crafts in the meeting room.  We love our library!

 

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We went to the Festival of Lights with Uncle Jeff, Auntie Ema & Luke and GranJan and Grandpa.  Unlike last year (when we sat in traffic for about an hour and then gave up), we actually made it!  We saw this big snowman right when we got there, and Lucy actually approached him and gave him a high five!

 Lucy wrote her letter to Santa and stuck it in the big mailbox!  She dictated to me what it should say and she asked for a couple of random things (a blue horse?) in the letter but also a "special doll" - something she's asked for repeatedly whenever Christmas gifts are discussed.

She was pretty wound up all night and had a great time!

Max was there, too!  He was snuggled up in his carseat and slept a lot of the time...but yes, he was there!