It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Saturday, December 6th Olivia and I got bundle up and drove the short distance to Santa's house (which she's quite proud of knowing her daddy built many years ago) at the Free Church Park in Sturgis. Last year we walked and it was so frigid, so we knew better this year. Olivia was excited to be the first to pet the reindeer named Holly. Every year when Santa blows into Sturgis he brings the winter weather with him, and this year was no exception, but it wouldn't feel like Christmas without it.

She waited fairly patiently for her turn to see Santa and Mrs. Claus. Once we entered she jumped up on his lap and when he asked her what she wanted she told him a candy cane. She remembered getting one from him last year. He quickly obliged her sweet request, and then she proceeded to tell him she wanted a princess tent, the movie Bolt (of course still in theatres and not available on DVD yet), and a light saber. After our cold morning we headed to Great Lakes to warm up with a hot drink and delicious soup!

Strutting her cute Santa sweater from Nana and Papa in front of the tree before we left for the Lung's annual Shop Christmas party.

On Sunday, December 7th we had the joyous pleasure to take Olivia for the first time to Chuckee Cheese for Zsolt's 3rd birthday. Unfortunately I forgot to take the camera and have no pictures of a fun, but exhausting day. It was definitely worth the trip to see both of my kids (Andy included in that) have so much fun, but not something I am up for on a regular basis. She won the gorgeous earrings she is wearing above while there, and the rest of the bling was a belated birthday gift from Zsolt.