Grandma Jane's visit

We are in the midst of Christmas season at the Fleming household! Starting the weekend after Thanksgiving, we got into the mood quickly with a visit from Grandma Jane. We began with a trip to get our Christmas tree after gymnastics class on Saturday morning. Then Saturday night we went to the Parade of Lights in downtown Denver. We saw marching bands, floats, big balloon animals, and--most exciting to Jack--Santa! On Sunday, it was time to decorate the tree. It was waiting for us in a bucket of water outside . . .

 
Then it was time to help Daddy get it set up in the tree stand . . .

 
And then some fun with Grandma Jane while decorating the mini tree on the porch . . .

 

 

 
Last weekend we took Jack to his first concert at the Colorado Symphony. He did great! We had first row balcony seats so he was able to sit on our knees and look down into the orchestra. He was completely enthralled with all of the instruments and once again was most excited when he got to see Santa.

And finally, this weekend, we had some friends over for pizza and beer before heading over to the zoo for Zoo Lights. It wasn't too cold, and the lights were beautiful! Jack also made a paper chain to tell him how many days left until Christmas. He's so excited about it that when he takes the piece of construction paper off at bedtime, he then sleeps with the strip. Hope you all are enjoying the holiday season with lots of Santa sightings that make you shout as excitedly as Jack does!