Early Christmas

We celebrated Christmas with my parents since we won't see them later this month. EJ loved decorating the tree. He did nearly the whole tree by himself with ornaments and candy canes. At one point he stopped and said, "this isn't going to look so good since I can't reach too high." Thankfully, Grandma was right there to help. The baby seems to love candy canes since I can't help but take them from the stash on the tree every day!

EJ's big present from my parents was a new CARS bike. He had outgrown his first bike so the timing was perfect. He took it right outside and took off. He was more than ready for the challenge of a bigger bike.

We finished our Christmas celebration with a trip to Del Mar for the Holiday of Lights. You drive around the Del Mar Racetrack and look at 400 lighted displays. It was really neat. We ended up singing Christmas carols but EJ only knows Jingle Bells so that one was in the mix quite a bit.



Santa was at the end of the journey. EJ was hesitant to go near him but yesterday he told me in a matter-of-fact tone that "Santa is our friend." Where he gets this stuff is beyond me! I installed the NORAD app tonight so we can follow Santa's journey on Christmas Eve.