Pre-Christmas Celebrations

Christmas dress from last year that still fits her

This years Christmas dress, which left a trail of glitter wherever she went.

We were able to do quite a few things leading up to Christmas to get us all in the Christmas spirit.  We were able to go to the Garden-a-glow at the Botanic Gardens (which is where Craig and I got engaged 8 years ago).  There were a lot of lights, Santa, hot chocolate, Rudolf, and freezing cold temperatures (15 waping degrees).  We all dressed warm and had a lot of fun looking at all the lights.  Brooklyn loved getting a picture with Santa and Mrs. Clause.

 A week or so later we went over to Mark and Paige's for a Grinch night.  We ate a lot of green food, dressed in green clothes, played fun games and watched The Grinch.  Brooklyn had a blast with her cousins and loved every minute of it.

Brooklyn had a lot of fun decorating her room.  Since we are living with Craig's parents we didn't need to decorate the house (but really let's be honest we barely have any Christmas decorations).  We let Brooklyn have the little 4 foot tree in her room and let her put the ornaments on.  We also put together a little chain to count down to Christmas day.  She loved taking a chain off every morning and counting how many days we had left until Christmas.  Brooklyn also was able to make a lot of different ornaments and decorations at parties and the library.

We also had our ward Christmas party.  Brooklyn was able to get another picture with Santa.  We had a delicious dinner and a good Christmas program.  Brooklyn loved when the primary kids sang and she insisted on going up with them.  It was so dang cute.

Needless to say we had a lot of opportunity to get into the Christmas spirit.  She always got so excited to see Christmas lights and decorations.  She was truly just in awe the entire holiday season.  It was so fun to watch her little face light up all the time with excitement.  I think I got more excited watching her joy then I have ever gotten for Christmas myself.  Craig and I also had the opportunity to go the Nutcracker, a yearly tradition in the Moss family.  We had a lot of fun just leading up to Christmas, I couldn't wait to see how she would be on actual Christmas day.