Grady wanted to skate for a while, so I stayed with him while the other adults took the Littles inside the hotel to see some more of the Festival of the Trees (we had seen a bunch earlier in December as well). Camille found some friends!
Then we walked around for a bit
And headed to a new model train museum that will be opening this year. They had a special preview with a huge holiday train display.
The next day we made gingerbread from scratch, to use in our gingerbread house! I have never done it from scratch before, and it turned out great. It was quite simple to make and very yummy! Way tastier than those kits.
We made some gingerbread men with the extra dough we did not need for the house
The next day Nana and Papa took the boys to their dress rehearsal for the pageant while Camille and I began baking sugar cookies to decorate on Christmas Eve
She wore the cookie cutters like bracelets!
Se played with the scraps of dough once I was done
And that afternoon the boys and Nana assembled the gingerbread house! They had all the ideas and she just helped a bit. It came out amazing! There was some nibbling on the building supplies as we went along, but they were very good with it all. It looked so delicious but they decided they could not bear to eat it.
Finished product!
Camille was no help - she is a poser
That night, after dinner, we went to Roper Mountain Lights. It is a tough place to get good pictures, but the kids had a great time! We even let them go in their jammies! It is a huge display of decorations and lights. You walk through some and then drive through a large area.
Many of the local schools designed these boards for a contest. They liked this one, which was like a giant seek and find
You can't tell, but that is actually the huge star that sits on the top of the mountain and can be seen all around the city. We were right next to it.
The next day was Christmas Eve and the kids were so excited!
