It's the holiday season!

We are taking full advantage of the many Christmas activities going around this area. It's been so much fun taking Brock to things this Christmas now that he's a bit older and we can really see his face light up with excitement!

Rock Garden transformed into waterfalls

On Wednesday evening, we checked out the Garden d'Lights, a huge display of lights transforming the Bellevue Botanical Gardens in to an evening wonderland! (This is the same garden Brock explored this summer) So much fun and I'll say I enjoyed it more than the Zoolights Woodland Park Zoo sets up because it was a little more condensed for a toddler to walk around.

Garden d'Lights was really pretty - lights set up as various flowers complete with butterflies, mushrooms, vegetable garden items and water features. Very pretty - and free for the first two weeks in December!

Wouldn't you know it would snow the first weekend of December! Just a little - enough for Diesel to have a taste and Brock to get his boots wet.  

While we were in North Carolina, Brent informed me of a house around the corner that was gradually getting more and more decorations and even had a countdown to "X days until we light 'er up!" Saturday evening was the big event and it was amazing! Doug is a Fire Chief for the Redmond Fire Department and knocked on our door Friday evening to hand out a flier to the big event! Hot chocolate, hay rides, beer brats, and the big countdown.... Santa made an appearance coming in on a Renton Fire Engine.... they only asked for a bag of canned food for a donation.

Lots of people!

Super fun time and excellent that the event was only four houses down. It will be nice to take a walk down there with Brock and see it with a little less people anytime between now and Christmas too! :)

Just one section of the house/yard - yes, Santa is on the chimney!

Note about talking to Brock about Christmas.... he loves it! Our Christmas tree is set up in the front room and Brock loves walking in there and naming all the ornaments he can touch. If you ask him who's coming to our house on Christmas Eve, he'll tell you Santa. If you ask him what will Santa bring, he'll tell you "presents!" He loves shaking the snow-globe (while jumping) and loves ringing the Santa bell. I hope he's as excited about seeing Santa in person because tomorrow night we're headed to see the big guy and have Brock sit on his lap!! I am one hundred percent sure we will have another crying picture.