Sights from the Season

So my mom decided to do one Christmas activity every day during the month of December. With 24 days before Christmas, this allowed us to enjoy so many of the cool activities that only happen once a year. Even better was all of the fabulous friends who joined us for our adventures.

Our buddy Jackson joined us to visit the trains and lighthouses at the Botanical Gardens, visits with Santa, our friend Liam invited Bodie over to build a gingerbread ski chalet (clearly his mom is awesome!), we went caroling with almost two dozen friends (Gates rode along in our wagon
with a look of confusion as we belted out songs to random strangers), a few hundred of our favorite people filled our home with Christmas cheer at our annual brunch, the notorious Salvation Army bell ringing...twice!, Zoo Lights, the Smithsonian's Discovery Theatre, a visit to the National Christmas tree, and the list goes on and on. Here's are some more of the highlights in pictures....

Some of the more than 350 Christmas cookies just before they were gobbled up at our brunch and Gates perched among the brunch's preparations.

 

Breakfast with Santa and Lori, Karim, and Noah 

 

 

Baking cookies and the decorating cookies with Abigail

Intensely decorating gingerbread houses

 

 Sneaking into the Keenan's house to make them breakfast

Attending the Smithsonian's Discovery Theatre and visiting the National Christmas Tree

 

So many reasons to be merry (and grateful). Our Christmas blog post will be up shortly, stay tuned...