We were behind schedule this year or the holidays suddenly crept up on us.  If it was not because of Connor, we might not even have the outside lights up and the stockings hung by our fireplace yet.  On Tuesday, Stuart went out to pick up a tree; he discovered that many places were already selling out and he managed to find us a decent tree.  By Saturday I finally had energy to decorate the tree with Connor supervising me and putting on music to cheer me on.  All of us helped doing some decoration, and at the end, the tree came out quite nice.

     We needed to go out to buy some kids’ presents, and we decided to go to Diddams in the afternoon.  As soon as the boys entered the toy store, they immediately got drawn to the marble tower as always.  Only Stuart and I shopped around, and we found some interesting toys for what we needed.  After dinner, we decided to go check out Christmas in the Park.  Actually it was only Connor and I who really wanted to go that night, and Stuart and Logan just had to come along.  The drive there was quite busy and we should have figure it out then.  When we drove into a parking structure, it was very difficult before we found a spot.  Then we bundled up nicely as it was very cold out.  As soon as we walked out of the garage, there were people everywhere on the street.  We realized that this was the first time we visited Christmas in the Park during the last weekend before Christmas, and maybe we had not experienced this kind of holiday crowd before.  We walked around through the displays and there were some new ones this year.  Next we walked through the area with many Christmas trees and Connor was determined to find the tree decorated by their CDC, but of course we were not so lucky.  The boys were hoping to get some hot cocoa there; however with the crazy lines, we convinced them that we would have it at home instead.  On the return trek, Logan was ready to go home, but when the boys saw the choir on stage, they were drawn to sit down to listen to the carols.  Finally it was cold and it was time to go.  Even though it was crazily busy there, it was still a nice night stroll to get some holiday spirits.