Christmas Season in St. Louis.

There are always lots of Christmas festivities leading up to the actual holiday.  Before we left St. Louis we...went to two Christmas breakfasts (the kiddos saw Santa at the Park Forest club house), made spice kits for neighbors and friends as well as some chocolate-drizzled popcorn, watched "Frosty the Snowman" a bajillion times with Brie, went on a horse drawn carriage ride, caroled with Ed & the Hintzes, went over to Alaa and Abdul's for a delicious Middle Eastern dinner, took turns with the stomach bug :0(, celebrated our own Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, had Alaa & Abdul's family over for a special Christmas dinner, shared the story of the nativity and said our last goodbyes to them before they moved home to Saudi Arabia.  Other than getting sick (being pregnant + throw up bug = wanted to die!), it was a fun and special time of year with our little family.