Big day: snow, tree, party!

There was only an inch or two and it was gone by noon, but today was officially Evan's first snow of this year.  He couldn't have been happier!  He went out in his pj's to get a snowball, and refused to leave it outside.  Once inside, the snowball had a short but happy life in a bowl... until Evan and Ernie split it and ate it. 

Today was the perfect afternoon to decorate the tree!  Evan was anxious to help, and he actually did very well.  He hung some (his own face went smack in front, of course), and helped Daddy unwrap others and pass them to Mommy to hang on the high branches. We were a little nervous about the tree this year and wondered how much Evan would take the ornaments off, but he's been wonderful so far about leaving it alone.  (The glass icicles stayed in the box just in case.)  He has two ornaments that he can "push a button" on and they talk, so he plays with those constantly, but he's very careful with the rest.  He loves to turn the lights off and on - it's like magic!  Yay for Christmas!

We had our first Christmas party of the season today.  UVA Athletics put on a movie day for the kids with pizza and popcorn, and showed holiday flicks on the big scoreboard screen in the basketball arena.  Evan was super excited to "porrty."  He made a new friend and ate more pizza than I thought was humanly possible.  All the kids got reindeer ears and a stocking filled with treats - it was a great day!