Christmas Lead in

We went to Silverado Canyon to pick out our Christmas tree.

Violet's class had a party.  Her teacher pretended to be Santa but the kids didn't fall for it.  The kids each had a "mystery elf" which was essentially a secret santa.

Snowy the Snowman

We went to visit Santa via the Christmas train in Irvine Regional park.  Violet remained wary of Santa but was willing to sit on his lap this year.  It was the evening of December 23 and she told Santa she wanted a rainbow zebra stuff animal.  Santa had to rush to meet that new demand but he got it done.

After the train, Violet's favorite activity is always decorating the big cookie because after she gets to eat it.  She tries to maximize the amount of frosting.  This year she asked if she could put frosting on the plate.

We made sugar cookies from scratch this year at home.  Eric made "Mr. Hanky the christmas poo".