Oh, The Weather Outside was Frightful....

Even so, we decided to kick December off with some Christmas festivities. One of our local "villages" was putting on a tree lighting ceremony complete with horse drawn carriages, caroling, and other events. We met up with Merran, took a look at the insanely long line-ups, got poked by a few umbrellas and then did what any smart West Coasters would do.....ditched the festivities and took cover in Starbucks! Hot chocolates all around....even Liam managed to fandangle a drop into his nose (thought that cup was empty!), triggering some chain sneezing and a ring of itchy hives around his face. But he's a trooper and once the crowds (and rash) subsided we had another go at the Christmas fun: