December Fun, Part 2

Zoo Lights

We met up with Emily at the Denver Zoo for Zoo Lights the Monday before Christmas. The weather was great and it didn't feel too packed with people. We had taken Lennon to the zoo for the first time in June and he wasn't totally into it, but he really enjoyed looking at the animals this time.

Lennon connecting with the komodo dragon:

Emily and I having fun in Santa's sleigh:

After the zoo we went to Emily's place so that Lennon could open and play with his Christmas gifts (the hat is for Lennon, not Emily):Lennon with his Auntie Em:

Cookie Baking and Decorating:

We did a couple rounds of cookie baking and Lennon helped each time. He's been helping me in the kitchen more lately and it's been fun to start that tradition early.

We spent the morning of Christmas Eve decorating the cookies, which Lennon loved. He went a little crazy with the green sprinkles. The shaker had big openings and we were too slow to catch him before he turned the shaker upside down and were left with the entire contents in a huge mound on the tray.

Lennon was pretty quick at taking bites out of the cookies. I think at the end of it, we had about five half-eaten cookies.

Here's a video of Lennon decorating:


Right before leaving for Christmas Eve service--Lennon really liked the singing of the hymns and the candlelit Silent Night (and he had his candy cane to keep him content, which always helps).

Right before getting ready for bed on Christmas Eve, Lennon laid out some cookies for Santa. When we brought them down to the tree, he decided he wanted a cookie too and took a big bite out of one. When we said those cookies were for Santa, he smoothly placed that cookie back on the plate as if nothing happened (I'm sure Santa didn't mind!)