White Christmas...for a few minutes at least.

Whoever first "dreamed up" Snowflake Lane in downtown Bellevue is an absolute genius. The retail and restaurants must make a killing off of the Snowflake Lane traffic! I felt like I needed to "splurge" and buy a caramel apple cider at Starbucks (since there is one on every corner), and after waiting in line for 15 minutes (while we waited for the "show" to start) I finally ordered and paid for my drink, and was told it would be 10 - 15 minutes before it was ready! Wow. Apparently there is that much of a "rush" every night before Snowflake Lane starts...

On Thursday evening we decided to take Ty on a little adventure to see how he would do amidst the hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers at Bellevue Square, and the extremely loud marching band and drummers participating in the Christmas caroling at the mall. Turns out he wasn't even phased! Well, at least he didn't cry which was what I was fully expecting. He barely made a sound or an expression the entire time we were there. He just sat contentedly with Robin, staring at all the people, the dressed up reindeer and snowmen walking around, and the drummer boys standing on their boxes. The music started playing, and for a few minutes we had a White Christmas as the artificial snow started to swirl down from the rooftops. All in all, it was a perfect little outing, Tyson did great, and best of all (these days) it was free!

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My cute boys hanging out in the crowd.

Okay so I know Ty looks terrified in this picture, but this is actually the one time he showed any excitement the whole night and he went nuts flapping his arms and squealing. He's not crying, I promise...

Riding on daddy's shoulders, one of his favorite things!

Well Christmas week is finally upon us! We leave on Wednesday to fly to Kansas for 5 days to spend Christmas with Robin's family at his grandparent's house. I think this could possibly be the worst age to fly since Tyson wants to be down crawling ALL the time, and can't quite walk yet. Crawling in an airport sounds so germy and disgusting...UGH. Hopefully Benedryl will be our best friend and he'll sleep the whole first flight! Stay tuned for the crazy trip details!