We have been borrowing Christmas movies, books and cds galore from the library. We currently have a GOB of Christmas books. I have been having more fun picking out the books than Peanut! Ha...that may be because she is seriously distracted by the germ infested toys at the library. (We were there yesterday and today she woke up with a cough. Argh!) She is in the Christmas spirit though. Our downtown is decorated beautifully and anytime we are down there, daytime or nighttime, she says, "Mom, look! It's Christmas!" Love it!
The above pictures do no justice for how beautiful it is. They have strands upon strands of lights going from the courthouse all the way across the street to the buildings all around the court house. It is GORGEOUS and with all of the trees lit up! Beautiful!!!!!
On Saturday we dropped Daddy off at work and headed out to do something, but weren't sure what we were going to do. Peanut announced she wanted to go to the Farmer's Market. Love that!
I thought they had wrapped up for the season, but drove by just to see and discovered they were having the Holiday Market so we stopped and had a ball. The City Hall building was filled with beautiful handmade gifts to peruse. I let Peanut pick out some bottle cap magnets for our fridge. Have you seen these? They are adorable and quite the rage right now.
After looking through all the goods, we headed outside to get Peanut her little bag of kettle corn. We also got to see some reindeer and she got to talk to Santa. He asked her to whisper in his ear what she wanted for Christmas. I asked her later what she told him and she said, "I told him that I love him." Ahhh!
We also took a horse drawn wagon ride. What fun!
Peanut asks everyday if this is the night that Santa comes. She told Daddy the other day that Santa was getting his clothes on and coming soon. :) We did not really intend to really jump into the Santa thing, but Cora has just loved him and made it magical even to us, so we are doing Santa. She will know that we get her presents for her but he will bring her one special one Christmas Eve! More importantly she is learning about the real meaning of Christmas and baby Jesus. We have been reading many wonderful books teaching her about him.
We are enjoying these days of preparation for Christmas. I made an advent calendar using paper cones and enjoying each activity for the day. I will do a post on this another time. We hope you all are enjoying these special days with your families and not getting caught up in the busyness that this season can bring. Just enjoy!
-Mama
