Christmas Kickoff!

As students we always celebrate our Christmas a little earlier before we travel to see family. 

Our "Christmas eve" was a very fun and eventful one....

We had our weekly playgroup where mommy Lucy made this snowflake print. 

Then our Daddy was home and we headed to a Ice Skating rink they put in downtown. 

The weather was perfect! 

 Lucy's first time on ice!

Lucy was super nervous but then loved it! Who wouldn't love being glided around a rink with no effort? 

We only lasted about half an hour- it was exhausting to hold her up and skate! 

The rink was also weird- no Zamboni so it had a thin layer of basically snow on top- it made it really hard to skate but kinda nice to have the option to walk when your carrying a 2 year old! ha! 

Even if it was a quick skate and not an ideal rink we had fun anyway! 

Any outing that ends in hot coco is good by me! 

They had some fun window displays in the stores nearby. 

We headed home to continue our 24 days of Christmas advent focusing on the Savior's birth . 

Adding some more pieces to the manger scene. 

Next up- cookies for Santa! 

Our friends brought by this adorable homemade cookie kit. 

We decorated house cookies for Santa and left Carrots for Rudolf. 

Lucy was obsessed with this concept. (more on that next) 

It was a simple but beautiful "Christmas eve"  filled with fun traditions and the spirit of Christ. 

It really felt like Christmas to me.