As much as I love Thanksgiving, I guess we have been looking a lot more forward to Christmas as we have a full list of "holiday happenings" to do this holiday season - Winter Wonderfest at Navy Pier, Zoo Lights at Lincoln Park Zoo, see the Michigan Avenue lights, do a gingerbread house, make cookies, etc, etc. Our house is in full xmas mode with decorations, lights up and tree decorated. Maybe it is because Lucy is older and is really getting into Christmas (she has left voicemails for Santa and doesn't want coal in her stocking, just presents and likes listening to Christmas music in the car), or maybe because it will be our first Christmas in our first house, but this holiday season seems to be so much more "magical" than any other year and it really just started. Pretty sure it has a lot to do with Lucy and of course our new niece Libby :)
First snow of 2012
On the train to see the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
Aunt Katie met us downtown - love this pic!
Family pic
Lucy loved this Winnie - we headed to Portillos after the lights parade.
Decorating our gingerbread house
And eating it (turns out they really don't stay together all that well)
Putting up the tree
As expected, going through the ornament box was way more fun than putting them on
My sweet girl
It is officially Xmas in our house!
This random pic uploaded during my post, but it made me laugh so I figured I would leave it up. Lucy has thinned out a bit :)
And another random pic that makes me smile.....
A few pics from the Barbie "Meet and Greet" event at my dad's work - it was such a fun afternoon of visiting him at his work. Lucy had so much fun meeting Barbie and we got to check out the Sears cafeteria :)
