Pre-Christmas Celebrations

Ava has had many chances to celebrate before Christmas day arrives.

For the annual Good Shepherd Preschool Christmas Show, Ava and her friends all dressed up and sang their hearts out.

As an Orange County native, a visit to Disneyland to see the decorations, fireworks, and "snow" is a must.

Helping mommy bake cookies is another favorite activity,

As is making gingerbread houses.

This year we are driving up to Oakland for Christmas so we celebrated early with Grammy and Poppy at our house.  The festivities began with a round of hot cocoa,  progressed to opening presents and helping others with their gifts, and ended with a wonderful dinner and dessert.

Christmas time is here

Christmas time is here and our family is enjoying every minute of it.  From Christmas lights outside to advent calendars inside, our house has become very festive.

Ava has plenty of Christmas spirit, and Ava has already ridden the Irvine Park Railroad's Christmas Train to visit Santa,

Helped pick out our tree at Johnson Brothers in Irvine,

Decorated our tree,

Warmed up with hot chocolate,

And played with our train and Christmas Legos.