'Tis the season

It's been a busy start to December trying to cram all our pre Christmas activities into the time before Hannah's baby brother makes his arrival. We started right after Thanksgiving with a trip to see the trains at Snow's in Cape Cod. Much to our surprise, Santa was also there. Hannah wasn't sure what she thought about Santa and didn't want to sit on his lap or get too close to him but checking him out from a distance while safely in Dad's arms was okay.

This weekend we started by heading into Boston Friday afternoon and checking out the Christmas tree in the Commons. We met up with Daddy and had a great time seeing the tree, watching the people ice skating on the frog pond and then having dinner afterwards ... the joys of having only one kid. We're trying to enjoy it while we can!

Yesterday we went to get our Christmas tree. The weather was less than cooperative so we didn't pose for any "tree getting" pictures but Hannah thought this Santa on a tractor was pretty cool and happily posed with him.

This morning we woke up to blanket of white snow - and subsequently discovered that Hannah's snow pants are officially way too short. That and a lack of boots made for a tricky first snowfall for a two year old but frog rain boots and extra socks did the trick and we managed to have fun outside for a while. Our neighbors had their sleds out and happily gave Hannah rides around their backyard which she thought was pretty fun!

And tonight we met up with cousins to visit Edaville railroad. Faithful blog followers will remember that we visited Edaville back around Labor Day to see Thomas the Train. This time of year they have hundreds of lights that you can see from the train ride around the cranberry bog. Hannah once again loved it and had fun seeing the lights, riding the merry go round and visiting with her cousins.

The tree is up (although not yet decorated), the house is decorated, we're 90% done with our Christmas shopping and most of it is even wrapped... now we just need our brother to make his debut! We'll keep you posted.....