Loving life with AK: 12 Days of Christmas - Day 1


		Waiting, waiting, waiting!

I decided to do 12 Days of Christmas with AK... starting on Saturday, we have done something special related to Christmas celebrations or festivities. We kicked off with the Parade of Lights - a parade of boats decorated with Christmas lights. Could have chosen something better... the Parade was lovely but slow, AK was happy to see the boats but was only interested in a glance at them before wanting the next one to come along! We did kill some time by taking some family portraits... now to figure out which one goes on the Christmas card :) ha! Once the Parade was over, the long-awaited and amazing fireworks finally started! That was definitely the hightlight of the evening for all of us.

Despite the lengthy delays waiting for the Parade and then the fireworks, we made a lovely evening out of it. We got to Camana Bay early and got ourselves a picnic supper from Black Trumpet, then found a nice spot to eat it and wait. AK amused herself by running around and making friends with kids around her. She is such a social butterfly and it really warms my heart to see her talking with new people. We may need to revisit the concept of Stranger Danger though! A lady gave AK the glow stick that you see her with above, and she thanked her with a wee kiss on the cheek! So sweet... AK revels in the comfort of being within close range of me and knows that she is safe.

We were happy to get home and AK enjoyed opening the first box on her Advent Calendar. I found a really cool one shaped like a Christmas tree that has re-usable boxes on it, so I put some M&Ms and a small Christmas ornament in each box. Every night, AK gets a little treat and puts the ornament on the little tree in her room.

I mentioned to her the other day, when she was misbehaving, that Santa was watching her and didn't like it when she is naughty... hoping to get some better behavior... well the thought of Santa not bringing her gifts brought her to tears. Oops. I don't think that's going to be an effective way to keep AK in line!