We had a lot of fun getting ready for Christmas this year. McKay is old enough now to get excited about Santa and the joy of Christmas, it helps that he has an older sister who helps bring the excitement. First off we decorated the house, which isn't much, but we did finally have a real sized tree this year. The kids got to decorate the 4 foot tree all by themselves and keep it up in their play room and we made chains to help count down to Christmas. At the start of December we went to the Winter Garden A Glow at the Botanical Gardens. They put up a ton of lights and we got to see Santa and Mrs. Clause. I wasn't sure how McKay was going to do, since last year he was not a big fan of Santa, but I prepped him and he kept saying "Santa nice guy". We all enjoyed the lights and hot chocolate and luckily this year wasn't as cold as a few years ago. We then had a lot of fun building gingerbread houses together. Brooklyn helped me put the structures together and then McKay helped decorate a few. They had a blast, even though they weren't feeling great. They had just gotten over a yucky stomach bug.
Brooklyn and I had a lot of fun at the Nutcracker Jr. and Clara's Tea Party with Grandma and Riaan. Brooklyn has had so much fun going to this every year and it is something we look forward to doing together. The girls got their faces painted and danced with the ballerinas. We all ate some treats before we headed over to the show. We really enjoyed our time together and it was fun doing it with my mom and cousin Riaan. Craig and I then went to the real Nutcracker the next week, always a fun date night.
We then rounded out our pre-Christmas festivities with a walk through of the lights in downtown Caldwell with some cousins. They do such a great job and the kids loved walking through them. Its amazing how much joy Christmas lights can bring. Every time we would drive passed Christmas lights McKay would say "lights, my side. Pretty". A few days before Christmas we had some friends over to decorate Christmas cookies. It was a mess, but a lot of fun to get cookies ready for Santa. It was fun talking to the kids about Christmas and about the real meaning of Christmas.
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