Light up the night

Before the Christmas season is completely behind us...

We, along with tens of thousands of other families around the region, took our kids to the amazing light display down by the Bayfront, better known as Bentleyville. For AJ, the highlights were the hot chocolate and getting to meet Rudolph.

The lowlight was just how very, very cold it was, compounded by the fact that Daddy didn't think to grab snow pants for the kids before bringing them into town to meet me after work. (Yes, I'm throwing Jeff under the bus on this one. For all the times I mock my mother-of-the-year moments, this definitely rules him out for father-of-the-year.)

Sydney probably should have had a stroller. She wasn't too thrilled to walk around in the dark with all those strangers. And the big costumed characters scared her.

She did like the marshmallows, at least. Though, something else for Jeff to remember next year...

Don't volunteer to give her a piggy back ride until after she's eaten the marshmallow. It makes for a sticky hat otherwise.

We'll do better next year.