We got some holiday baking done with my parents and sister and her girls early in December...too early because none of the goodies made it to Christmas. Oops. That evening Clara and I wanted to try and catch the holiday lights parade downtown. We got a late start but were able to see some of it as we were walking along on the sidewalk to Blackbird for dinner. We could still see the floats going by outside their window. That was a pretty great spot actually because it was quite cold that night. In true Clara fashion, she somehow scored herself a free hot chocolate. The staff member said he made 'extra.' :-) She wanted to mess around on the ice with just her boots on for a bit. Not for too long, though, because Mom was freezing. I'm so thankful for Brynn being the resident master gift wrapper. I really dislike wrapping and she does enjoy it she says and does a beautiful job of it. That next day on Sunday we went to Tessa's lake as the girls hosted their own Favorite Thin...
On Saturday we took down all the fall decorations in exchange for Christmas. Clara was going to attempt to put the star on. She wasn't able to get it to stay and neither could Dana, but I did! Brynn went to work and the rest of us went outside. Brynn got her tree up when she got home from work and wrapped the gifts she bought for Clara. Clara's friends came over on Sunday afternoon and they were having fun outside.